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US bill would punish non-US companies found working with entities supporti
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Two lawmakers in the United States re-introduced a bill to Congress on Tuesday that would expand US sanctions to include foreign companies that do business with entities that are contributing to human rights violations against ethnic Uyghurs in China's Far West, reported Radio Free Asia.
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Bangladesh: Muslim scholars demand end to Chinese persecution of Uyghurs
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
A group of Alems; Islamic scholars in Bangladesh have demanded an end to the persecution of Uyghur Muslims in China’s Xinjiang province, The Asian Age reported.
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China: Uyghur girls facing abuse, being forced to toil at garment factory
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Nearly 90 Uyghur teenage girls are locked up in a Chinese-run garment factory in Xinjiang, where they are forced to work heavily 14 hours a day, seven days a week, and regularly face verbal and physical abuse
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Hague Human Rights Film Festival highlights persecution of women, minoriti
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Noting the fact that women continue to live in horrendous situations in many countries, Global Human Rights Defence (GHRD), an NGO on July 7, held the second edition of its Human Rights Film Festival in The Hague with a focus on women's rights, Marco Respinti wrote in his piece in Bitter Win
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Uyghurs commemorate Urumqi massacre, hold protest in Austria against Chine
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The Uyghur community in Austria protested in front of the Chinese Embassy in Vienna demanding an end to the persecution of Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslim communities in Beijing
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UK: Protest staged outside Chinese embassy to commemorate 14th anniversary
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The members of Stop Uyghur Genocide, a UK-based campaign to defend Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in China, staged a protest outside the Chinese Embassy to mark the 14th anniversary of Urumqi Massacre.
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Protests held across Bangladesh to express solidarity with victims of Urum
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Protest demonstrations and discussion meetings were organised in different parts of Bangladesh on Wednesday to commemorate Urumqi Massacre to express solidarity with the victims of the Urumqi massacre and their families.
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US: Campaign for Uyghurs to stage protest to commemorate victims of Urumch
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Campaign for Uyghurs (CFU) will hold a protest outside the Chinese Embassy in Washington DC on July 5 to commemorate the victims of the Urumchi Massacre.
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'Obama should spend his energy complimenting than criticizing,' Johnnie Mo
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
"I disagree with the sentiment of the former president (Barack Obama)," Moore said, adding, "Even in that critique of the former president Obama couldn't help but also complement Prime Minister Modi, and I certainly understand why having spent some time with him."
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US reacts to organ harvesting from Uyghurs
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Uyghurs have praised the United States initiative "Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act' passed in the US House of Representatives which will help in combating China's trade in organs of political prisoners, Falun Gong practitioners, and their own people, Bitter Winter reported.
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East Turkistan Govt in Exile condemns Palestine, China partnership which s
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The East Turkistan Government in Exile (ETGE) has strongly condemned the recent strategic partnership between Palestine and China, which supports China's ongoing colonization, genocide, and occupation campaign in East Turkistan.
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Uyghur hatmaker, wife confirmed dead while serving sentence in Xinjiang: R
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Haji'ahun and his wife Mehpiremhan, natives of Maralbeshi county in Kashgar prefecture, were each given a 10-year term in Tumshuq Prison in 2019 for engaging in "illegal" religious activities, sources quoted by RFA said.
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