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Switzerland: Uyghurs, Tibetan activists protest outside Olympic Museum aga
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Lausanne [Switzerland], June 24 (ANI): Dozens of Uyghurs and Tibetan activists gathered outside the Olympic Museum in Lausanne city here to protest against the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
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China's Xi Jinping app created to propagate nationalism, targets women in
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 24 (ANI): In recent months, local media and public security bureaus across China have reported a surge of mostly men targeting women in romance scams using Study Xi, Strong Nation, an app created by the Communist Party's propaganda department in 2019 to promote the stud
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Dozens of Uyghurs, Tibetans, Hongkongers stage protest in US against Beiji
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 24 (ANI): Dozens of Uyghur, Tibetan and Hong Kong activists gathered outside the White House to protest against the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing and to call for a complete boycott.
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Trudeau lashes out at China, says Beijing unwilling to admit problem over
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], June 24 (ANI): After China demanded an investigation into the discovery of the remains of indigenous children in Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has lashed out at Beijing, stressing that there was a difference between the matter and the communist country's systemic abu
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UN rights chief seeks 'meaningful access' to Xinjiang this year
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 22 (ANI): UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has said that she hopes to agree on terms with China for a visit this year to Xinjiang province, to look into reports of serious abuse against Uyghurs.
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UN rights experts 'extremely alarmed' by forced organ harvesting of minori
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 18 (ANI): United Nations (UN) human rights experts have sounded alarm over the reports of alleged 'organ harvesting' that is targeting minorities, including Falun Gong practitioners, Uyghurs, Tibetans, Muslims and Christians, who are currently in detention in China
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China sanctions Belgian lawmaker after motion passed on Uyghurs genocide
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 18 (ANI): China has sanctioned a Belgian lawmaker who called for a proposal warning of a risk of genocide against the Uyghur Muslims minority in the country's Xinjiang province.
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Belgian Parliament passes motion recognising genocide against Uyghurs in C
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], June 15 (ANI): The Belgian Parliament on Tuesday passed a joint motion recognising 'crimes against humanity' and a 'serious risk of genocide' being perpetrated against the Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang, becoming the sixth parliament to acknowledge the genocide against Uyghur
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Czech Senate declares China perpetrating genocide on Uyghurs in Xinjiang
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Prague [Czech Republic], June 15 (ANI): The Czech Senate has voted unanimously on a motion labelling the Chinese government's treatment of Uyghurs Muslim and other ethnic and religious minorities as amounting to "genocide and crimes against humanity."
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Japanese PM Yoshihide Suga expresses concerns over China's activities, hum
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], June 13 (ANI): Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Saturday expressed concerns over China's activities and human rights situation to other Group of Seven leaders on the second day of the G7 summit in Britain.
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After perplexing silence over China's dismal human rights, New Zealand wak
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 11 (ANI): New Zealand, which is usually outspoken on human rights matters in general has remained largely silent on the China's concentration camps thinly veiled as "re-education camps" for the Uyghur Muslims.
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US senator chides Apple, Nike for 'using forced labour' from China
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 11 (ANI): A US senator on Thursday slammed top American companies including Amazon, Nike and Apple for using forced labour from China, accusing them of making Americans complicit in Beijing crimes against Uyghurs.
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