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UN members ask China to give 'unfettered' access to Xinjiang
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], May 13 (ANI): A group of United Nations members has asked China to grant "immediate, meaningful and unfettered access" for the group's human rights chief to Xinjiang to inspect human rights abuses of Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities.
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Xinjiang birth rate fell nearly half in two years after Chinese crackdown:
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Canberra [Australia], May 13 (ANI): The birth rate across the Xinjiang region fell by nearly half in the two years after China adopted "coercive and intrusive policing of reproduction processes", according to new research.
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Philippines logs 6,385 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Manila [Phillipines], May 13 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported 6,385 new COVID-19 infections on Thursday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 1,124,724.
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UN should press China to end crimes against humanity on Uyghurs: Human Rig
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], May 13 (ANI): United Nations members should press the Chinese government to end its crimes against humanity against Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims, said Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday.
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China deletes over 2 million posts on 'historical nihilism' ahead of CCP's
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], May 13 (ANI): China's internet regulator last week oversaw the deletion of more than 2 million posts containing "harmful" discussion of history, amid preparations to mark the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) 100th anniversary in July.
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Veteran Uyghur advocate's sister confirmed dead after release from Chinese
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], May 13 (ANI): Amid China's increasing repression of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang, the younger sister of veteran Uyghur rights advocate Rebiya Kadeer is confirmed to have died after her release from an internment camp in the region, according to sources.
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China continued to restrict activities, personal freedom of religious adhe
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], May 13 (ANI): The Chinese government in 2020 continued to assert control over religion and restrict the activities and personal freedom of religious adherents that it perceived as threatening state or Chinese Communist Party (CCP) interests, according to the US 2020 report o
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Ugandan President sworn in for new term
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Kampala [Uganda], May 12 (ANI/Xinhua): Uganda's incumbent President Yoweri Museveni was sworn in on Wednesday to serve for the sixth five-year term in office.
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2 civilians killed, 3 injured in bomb blast in Afghanistan
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Jalalabad [Afghanistan], May 12 (ANI/Xinhua): Two civilians were killed and three others wounded in an improvised explosive device (IED) explosion in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province on Wednesday, local police confirmed.
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COVID-19 claims over 425,500 lives in Brazil
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], May 12 (Xinhua/ANI): Brazil's COVID-19 death toll reached 425,540 on Tuesday, after the Ministry of Health reported 2,311 more deaths from the pandemic in one day.
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UN states, civil society organisations to discuss human rights situation i
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], May 12 (ANI): A broad coalition of UN member states and civil society organizations (CSO) is set to hold an online event on Wednesday to raise awareness and discuss the human rights situation prevailing in China Xinjiang province.
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Doubts emerge over Xi Jinping's chances of securing 3rd term as Chinese Pr
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], May 12 (ANI): As Chinese President Xi Jinping's hard-line policies beyond Chinese shores are squandering Beijing's soft power, doubts are emerging over Xi securing an unprecedented third term.
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