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Beijing grants 11-day visa extension to Pakistani nationals stranded in Xi
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Feb 1 (ANI): A group of Pakistani students and community members stranded in Urumqi city, the capital of Xinjiang province in China's far northwest, due to suspension of flights in the wake of the new coronavirus outbreak have been granted an 11-day visa extension by au
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5.8 magnitude earthquake strikes China's Xinjiang province
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Jan 19 (ANI): An earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale struck China's Xinjiang province on Sunday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said.
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Germany urges China to allow UN officials to Xinjiang
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], Nov 25 (ANI): Germany on Monday called on China to provide access to the UN human rights commissioner and international experts to Xinjiang province amid surfacing of evidence proving Chinese authorities inflicting atrocities on minorities Muslims community in the region.
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US blacklists 28 Chinese entities involved in Uighurs' Muslim crackdown
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], Oct 08 (ANI): In a step that will further irk China, the United States on Monday blacklisted 28 Chinese entities involved in a crackdown on Muslims in Xinjiang province.
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UN raises concern over UN counterterrorism official's visit to China's Xin
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 15 (ANI): The United States on Friday objected to a visit by the United Nations counterterrorism chief to China's Xinjiang province, where around one million ethnic Uighurs and minority Muslims are reportedly held at detention centres.
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Chinese govt has destroyed graveyard of Uighur community: Historian
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 13 (ANI): The Chinese government has destroyed a graveyard which belonged to Uighur community in Khotan town of Xinjiang Province, claimed historian Rian Thum on Wednesday.
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UN seeks access to Uighur camps in Xinjiang
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Dec 7 (ANI): The United Nations Human Rights chief, Michelle Bachelet, has sought access to the Uighur camps in China's Xinjiang Province to verify "worrying" reports about human rights violations in the region.
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Pak refrains from raising Uighur issue with China
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Sep 23 (ANI): Pakistan has refrained from raising the issues surrounding Uighur Muslims in its meeting with China's top diplomat earlier in the week, even after worldwide criticism of China's alleged abuse of Uighur Muslims in the Xinjiang Province.
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Economic aims drive China to tighten grip over people in Xinjing
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA] Aug 30 (ANI): As China is keenly engaged to fulfill President Xi Jinping's signature "Belt and Road Initiative" (BRI), that will link Chinese economy with major continental and maritime zones of the Eurasian continent, the people in its own Xinjiang province are living in
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China denies holding Uighur Muslims captive
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Aug 13 (ANI): China has denied reports claiming that the country held a million Uighur Muslims captive in mass detention camps in Xinjiang province after a United Nations human rights panel expressed grave concerns over the issue.
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China holding 1 mn Uighurs in secret camps: UN
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Aug 11 (ANI): A United Nations human rights panel has expressed grave concerns that there were credible reports that China is holding a million Uighur Muslims in mass detention camps in Xinjiang province.
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Anger in Gilgit over Chinese arresting Uighur women
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Gilgit [Pakistan-occupied Kashmir], April 7 (ANI): Anger and distress against Chinese is brewing among families in Gilgit-Baltistan following news being received of Uighur women in Xinjiang province being arrested.
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