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Uyghur activist protests outside Chinese Embassy in US on anniversary of s
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 12 (ANI): Rushan Abbas, an Uyghur American activist, staged a protest outside the Chinese Embassy in the United States on the second anniversary of her sister's detention in northwestern China's Xinjiang province.
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Public washroom constructed on razed mosque site in Xinjiang
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Xinjiang [China], Aug 17 (ANI): A public washroom has been constructed on the site of a demolished mosque in Atush of Xinjiang province in northwestern China, a local official said.
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Muslim Uighurs are forcibly put in concentration camps in China: Hashim Qu
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], August 01 (ANI): M Hashim Qureshi, Chairman of J-K Democratic Liberation Party, has highlighted the treatment meted by the Chinese Communist Party to Muslim and Christians, saying Muslim Uighurs are put in concentration camps in Xinjiang province.
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Xinjiang reports 9 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 22 (ANI): China's Xinjiang province reported nine new domestically transmitted cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, Xinhua reported citing the regional Health Commission.
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Uyghur victims narrate about Chinese atrocities to House of Commons of Can
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], July 21 (ANI): The House of Commons of Canada on Monday discussed the human rights situation of Uyghurs in China's Xinjiang province by discussing the real-life threats witnessed by the Uyghurs, the minority Muslim community.
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Xinjiang declared as 'wartime situation' after sudden spike in COVID-19 ca
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Xinjiang [China], July 19 (ANI): Chinese authorities on Sunday declared the Xinjiang province in the country's far west as "wartime situation" after the region reported a sudden spike in coronavirus cases, Al Jazeera reported.
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'United States will continue to shine the light of truth on Xinjiang'
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], July 14 (ANI): US National Security Advisor Robert C. O'Brien has hit out at China for "horrifying repression" of Uighurs and other Turkic Muslim minorities in Xinjiang province while saying that US will continue to "shine the light of truth" on Xinjiang.
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US warns companies of potential risks from human rights-related Chinese en
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 1 (ANI): The US State Department on Wednesday in an advisory warned American companies of the potential exposure they could face from maintaining supply chains with entities that engage in human rights abuses in Xinjiang, or elsewhere in China, and the associated
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UN experts call for decisive measures against China for collective repress
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 29 (ANI): A group of independent experts have called upon the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to "act with a sense of urgency" in taking decisive measures to protect human rights and fundamental freedoms in Tibet and Xinjiang province.
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Uighur 'Imams' most vulnerable to persecution in mainland China
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 19 (ANI): The 'Imams' belonging to the Uighur Muslim community from Xinjiang province of northwest China have become most vulnerable to persecution owing to Beijing's crackdown on the minority Muslims.
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Not only in Xinjiang, China threatens overseas Uighurs
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 17 (ANI): China's atrocities on Uighur Muslims living in Xinjiang are known to the world. Now, leaked documents from the province show that across Europe, exiled Uighurs report surveillance by Beijing and threats of harm to their relatives in the region if they m
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US report on religious freedom accuses China of intensifying repression of
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 11 (ANI): An annual report on religious freedom released by the US State Department accuses China of intensifying religious repression on its minority groups, particularly the Uighurs of northwest Xinjiang province, Christians, Muslims, Tibetan Buddhists, and Falu
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