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China is not qualified to become a UN partner: Taiwan's envoy to Germany
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Taiwanese Ambassador to Germany, Shieh Jhy-Wey, exposed the atrocities inflicted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) over its occupied territories.
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1 in 26 Uyghurs jailed, accounting 1/3 of China's prison population: Uyghu
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
An annual report by a Uyghur advocacy group revealed ongoing persecution in China's far-western Xinjiang province, with an estimated 1 in 26 Uyghurs jailed, accounting for a third of China's prison population, 3.5 times the world's highest rate of imprisonment.
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World Uyghur Congress praises UN effort for release of 43 Uyghurs detained
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The UN letter urged the Thai government to provide information on the decade-long arbitrary detention of the Uyghur men, their access to medical care, and the detention conditions where they are being held while expressing their concerns about the held Uyghur prisoners. Additionally, the let
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Uyghur activists call for immediate global action against China's ongoing
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The Uyghur rights leaders called for immediate global action to address the ongoing genocide and crimes done by China against the Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and other Turkic ethnic groups in the East Turkistan region.
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Human rights situation in Xinjiang remains grave: Amnesty International re
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
In its yearly report, Amnesty International stated that people who participated in events to commemorate the victims of an apartment block fire in Xinjiang's capital Urumqi and other protests against stringent COVID-19 policies known as the A4 protests or White Paper Revolution due to protes
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US report exposes arbitrary detention of Uyghurs, other Muslim minority gr
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
From criminal prosecution of journalists to the prohibition of independent trade unions, the findings underscore a troubling pattern of oppression and injustice.
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Chinese govt arbitrarily detains over 1 mn Uyghurs, members of other Musli
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The Chinese government has arbitrarily arrested and detained over one million Uyghurs and members of other predominantly Muslim minority groups from 2017 to 2023, according to a report released by the United States.
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"Today, we stand witness to tragedy that challenges very essence of humani
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The president of the World Uyghur Congress (WUC), Dolkun Isa, recently participated in a conference organised by the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity to highlight and recognise the ongoing genocide against the Uyghur community in East Turkistan.
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US Congresswomen raise concern over Uyghur genocide in Xinjiang
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
She highlighted that the Uyghurs face genocide in modern-day concentration camps in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
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What's happening in Xinjiang, Tibet is part of Chinese colonisation proces
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The speakers included social activists, human rights advocates, representatives and delegates from the World Uyghur Congress, and the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity, a social organisation from the US.
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Jewish, Uyghur communities discuss refugee settlement in US, protect their
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Representatives from Jewish and the Uyghur communities in New York jointly discussed how the refugees of these diasporas can live their lives in the US. Jews supported Uyghur emigration to and resettlement in the United States through their synagogues.
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Chinese fashion retailer Shein faces boycott for alleged Uyghur forced lab
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
As Muslims worldwide celebrate Eid ul-Fitr, the human rights organisation has called on Muslim women to boycott Shein, alleging it is involved in the forced labour of Uyghur Muslims in China.
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