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Mumbai: Raza Academy president, 5 members detained for protesting outside
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 10 (ANI): President of Raza Academy M Saeed Noori and five members were detained for protesting outside the Chinese Consulate here against China's atrocities on Uyghur Muslims, Mumbai Police said on Thursday.
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China a 'principal military, economic threat' in Asia, says US Commerce Se
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 8 (ANI): US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross on Tuesday chided China for not complying with the international trade rules and called Beijing a principal military and economic threat in the Asian region.
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Uyghurs forced to eat pork on Fridays as China pushes to expand pig farms
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Stockholm [Sweden], December 4 (ANI): The Uyghur Muslims in Chinese "re-education" camps are forced to eat pork every Friday, confirmed Sayragul Sautbay, who was one of the victims of the atrocities being committed by the Chinese government.
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US blocks China's cotton due to human rights concerns in Xinjiang
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], December 3 (ANI): The US government has issued an order to block cotton imports from a Xinjiang governmental organisation in China due to the ongoing human rights abuses of Uyghurs, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said on Wednesday.
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Pro Uyghur body says Beijing engages in systematic campaign to destroy cul
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Munich [Germany], December 3 (ANI): Refuting the claims made by the Chinese Mission to the United Nations, a pro-Uyghurs body on Wednesday slammed Beijing for asserting that it protects cultural customs and relics of ethnic minorities.
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London: Billboards against China's Chen Quanguo for Uyghurs, Tibetan repre
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], November 28 (ANI): Several Billboards have been put in the streets of London demanding the arrest of Chen Quanguo, secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The message on the boards urge the United Kingdom to act against the Chinese leader for the repression of Uyghurs an
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In a first, Pope Francis calls China's Uyghurs 'persecuted'
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Vatican City [Vatican], November 25 (ANI): Pope Francis has for the first time called Chinese Muslim Uyghurs a "persecuted" people, breaking his silence over Beijing's atrocities on its minorities.
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UN should rely on Xinjiang informants if wants to properly investigate Chi
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Vancouver [Canada], November 25 (ANI): The Chinese government is a "perfect liar', said Uyghur activist Turnisa Matsedik-Qira, adding that if the United Nations wants to 'properly investigate' the atrocities against the Uyghur minority it should rely on informants in Xinjiang as Beijing w
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China's indoctrination of Uyghurs like 'holocaust', next generation will l
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Montreal [Canada], November 23 (ANI): Uyghurs in China are indoctrinated 24-hours a day in communist ideology and Chinese culture, and the next generation will lose the Uyghur language, said Abduweli Ayup, an Uyghur activist, poet and linguist, in an interview with The Post Millennial.
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After parliamentary study on Uyghur 'genocide', Canada pushes for sanction
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Ottawa [Canada], November 17 (ANI): After a parliamentary study established "genocide" against the Uyghurs in China, members of Parliament in Canada are pushing the Justin Trudeau led-government to impose sanctions on Chinese officials for human rights abuses.
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'Switzerland needs to include concerns of Tibetans, Uyghurs in its policy
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Geneva [Switzerland], November 17 (ANI): Amid rising criticism of China over its human rights abuses in Tibet, the Tibet Bureau Geneva has said that Switzerland needs to take a stronger stance on Tibet and include the concerns of Tibetans and Uyghurs in its Foreign Policy Strategy on China 2
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Thousands of EU staff reject Chinese giant Hikvision's surveillance equipm
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Brussels [Belgium], November 13 (ANI): Thousands of staff employed at the European Unions institutions have rejected the use of Chinese video surveillance provider Hikvision technologies in light of the company's association with China's human rights abuses and specifically the oppression of
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