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Why is ISIS ignoring Chinese atrocities on Uyghurs, while US terms it geno
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, January 28 (ANI): The Islamic State (ISIS) has adopted a 'systematic silence' on the Xinjiang Uyghur issue and Chinese atrocities on the community, said a recent commentary in the foreign policy journal War on the Rocks.
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British Jews condemn Uyghur persecution in China on Holocaust Remembrance
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], January 28 (ANI): On the International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Wednesday, prominent Jewish figures spoke out over China's state-run campaign against its minority communities including Uyghurs in the Xinjiang province.
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Activist urges Biden to fight for all enslaved Uyghurs
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 26 (ANI): Rushan Abbas, founder and executive director of Campaign for Uyghurs (CFU), has urged US President Joe Biden and his administration must fight for all enslaved Uyghurs, adding that the freedom of the democratic world is at stake.
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Top Republicans urge Biden to hit back at China over sanctions on US offic
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong, January 22 (ANI): Top Republicans have urged US President Joe Biden on Friday to take tougher action against China after Beijing announced sanctions on outgoing American officials just minutes into Biden taking office, reported South China Morning Post (SCMP).
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Uyghur rights group applauds US' atrocity determination of Chinese genocid
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 20 (ANI): Campaign For Uyghurs (CFU), a US-based rights group on Tuesday applauded the outgoing Donald Trump administration's reiteration that China has committed genocide against Muslim Uyghurs and other ethnic and religious minority groups in Xinjiang.
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Turkey accused of trading Uyghurs for Chinese COVID-19 vaccine: Report
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], January 20 (ANI): Turkey started mass vaccination against COVID-19 with China's 'Sinovac' vaccine but its orders for the vaccine suffered many delays, which led to the Turkish opposition questioning whether Ankara was being punished for dragging its feet in ratifying an e
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In final act, outgoing Trump administration declares China's atrocities ag
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 20 (ANI): In a final blow to Beijing, the outgoing Trump administration on Tuesday (local time) determined that China has committed genocide against Muslim Uyghurs and other ethnic and religious minority groups in Xinjiang and said that Chinese Communist Party (CC
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Uyghur activist calls for help to end 'genocide' in China
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 19 (ANI): With the COVID-19 pandemic causing Uyghurs to be subjected to an even more brutal crackdown in China, a human rights activist called the world for help to end the 'genocide' against the community.
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Uyghur refugee shares her 3-year of harrowing ordeal in Chinese 're-educat
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Paris [France], January 18 (ANI): As reports confirming the human rights abuses on Uyghurs in China's Xinjiang region continue to surface, Gulbahar Haitiwaji, an Uyghur woman who was lured back to Beijing from France only to be arrested, has recounted her harrowing experience in the "re-educ
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China possibly committed 'genocide' against Uyghurs, says US report
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 15 (ANI): China possibly carried out "genocide" against Uyghurs and other minority Muslims in its western region of Xinjiang, said a commission of the United States Congress in a new report.
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China's Huawei backtracks after filing for patent to identify Uyghurs
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 15 (ANI): Chinese technology firm Huawei has backtracked on a patent application it filed for a facial recognition system meant to identify Uyghurs in China. According to a report by CNN, Huawei had filed a patent application saying "identification of pedestrian attr
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US bans cotton, tomato products from China's Xinjiang over use of forced l
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 14 (ANI): The United States on Wednesday (local time) announced a ban on the entry of cotton and tomato products from China's Xinjiang region amid allegations that detainee or prison labour from Uyghurs went into making them, according to the US Customs and Border Pr
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