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Rights group urges Hilton hotels to drop Xinjiang project at bulldozed mos
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 16 (ANI): The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has urged Hilton Worldwide Holding to drop a plan to build a hotel in China's Xinjiang region on the site where Chinese authorities have bulldozed and desecrated a mosque.
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Global parliamentary alliance calls for reform of supply chains over force
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], June 10 (ANI): Amid the ongoing Group of Seven (G7) summit in UK, a cross-party Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) has called on G7 leaders to reform global supply chains in light of widespread forced labour abuses in Xinjiang region.
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Families of activists who flee China's Xinjiang pay a heavy price, says ri
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], June 10 (ANI): Members of the Uyghur diaspora, belonging to China's Xinjiang region, who speak publicly about the arbitrary detention of their family members or criticize human rights violations, face vague charges of terrorism by Chinese authorities, according to the Human Ri
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UK's 'Uyghur Tribunal' begins to investigate atrocities in Xinjiang
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], June 4 (ANI): A panel of Britain-based lawyers and rights experts examining human rights violations and reports of genocide in China's Xinjiang region began hearing in London on Thursday.
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Elderly Uyghur woman detained in Xinjiang for 'religious extremism'
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 30 (ANI): Authorities in China's Xinjiang region confirmed the detainment of an elderly Uyghur woman in an internment camp earlier this year on suspicions of 'religious extremism' after she intervened in a domestic dispute between her neighbours, informed authorities.
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Prominent Uyghur scholar's niece confirmed dead under detention in China's
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 27 (ANI): Prominent Uyghur scholar and linguist-in-exile Abduweli Ayup's niece is confirmed to have died last year under detention by state security police in China's Xinjiang region, informed official sources.
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Former Muslim leader at China's largest mosque in Xinjiang incarcerated: R
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 24 (ANI): A former Muslim leader at China's largest mosque in the Xinjiang region was incarcerated by Chinese authorities in 2017 on the charges of having "spread extremism", Kyodo News reported citing sources on Sunday.
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Japanese sportswear firm becomes latest to stop using Xinjiang cotton amid
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Osaka [Japan], May 21 (ANI): Japanese sportswear firm Mizuno Corporation on Friday announced its decision to stop using cotton sourced from China's Xinjiang region, believed to reflect concern amid allegations of human rights abuses by Beijing against the Uyghur Muslims.
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Xinjiang birth rate fell nearly half in two years after Chinese crackdown:
Updated : 4 years, 10 months 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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China targets Xinjiang Muslim women to suppress birth rate
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 11 (ANI): As China continues its crackdown on the Uyghur community, the Xi Jinping government forces the women residing in the Xinjiang region to have fewer babies under the name of population control.
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Bangladesh Human Rights Council protests against persecution of Uyghur Mus
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], May 5 (ANI): The Human Rights Protection Council of Sylhet held protests across Bangladesh on Wednesday against the persecution of Uyghur Muslims in China's Xinjiang region and to mark Doppa Day, the festival celebrated by the people of the ethnic group.
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21 trapped in coal mine in Xinjiang
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Xinjiang [China], April 11 (ANI): Over 20 workers are trapped in a coal mine in northwest China's Xinjiang region after flooding cut power under underground and disrupted communications, Chinese-state media Xinhua reported.
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