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East Turkistan movement calls for urgent international probe in Chinese at
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The condition of Uyghur Muslims is worsening in the Xinjiang region as they face severe atrocities from China for speaking out against human rights abuses.
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Uyghurs right organisation calls out china for cultural destruction: Over
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The East Turkistan National Movement (ETNM), a US-based organisation committed to raising awareness about human rights abuses against Uyghur Muslims in the Xinjiang region, called on the International Community, human rights authorities and human rights activists to support them in the fight
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Protests erupt on sidelines of NATO Summit, urging to stop Chinese imperia
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The representatives of the East Turkistan Government in Exile (ETGE) have urged the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) nations to raise the issue and stand against the atrocities inflicted by the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) upon the Uyghur community of the Xinjiang Uygur Autono
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NGOs slam China for rejecting UPR recommendations at UNHRC's 56th session
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Responding to the dismissal of the UPR recommendations, in a joint statement on behalf of 29 NGOs delivered at the Human Rights Council after China's remarks, International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) urged China to 'genuinely engage with the UN to enact meaningful reforms' in line wi
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China must take responsibility for Uyghurs' massacre: World Uyghur Congres
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The statement by the WUC came on the 15th anniversary of the Urumchi massacre commonly known as the Urumqi massacre
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One out of twenty-six Uyghurs imprisoned: Director for Global Advocacy Zum
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
While speaking at an event titled, What's Next After China's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on Thursday, the activist claimed that the situation in the Xinjiang region has not improved but has gone from bad to worse.
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China promotes Xinjiang, epicentre of human-rights abuses, as tourist dest
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
China's Xinjiang region, which has been under the scanner for violating human rights, has now been shown as a far more idyllic view of the region as instructed and funded by Xi Jinping government to promote it as a tourist destination through a television drama, the Wall Street Journal repor
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Carmakers found purchasing goods banned under Uyghur Forced Labor Preventi
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
A two-year-long research by the Senate Finance Committee in the US found out that car brands like BMW, Lands Rover, Jaguar, and Volkswagen have over time been purchasing spare parts originating from the Xinjiang region of East Turkistan, a report by The New York Times stated.
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Big firms operating in China reviewing future over Xinjiang
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Several firms with deep roots in China are reviewing their future and reconsidering their ties in the Xinjiang region following new international scrutiny of forced labour using predominantly Muslim ethnic groups, the New York Times reported.
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China organising 'media tours' to change narrative about human rights abus
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Aiming to change the narrative about the Xinjiang region where China is accused of committing grave human rights abuses, Beijing is organising so-called media tours with friendly countries to somehow propagate a different version of the region, a report by Al Jazeera stated.
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Pakistan: China announces Khunjerab Pass closure for four months in winter
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Khunjerab Pass connects Gilgit-Baltistan with China's Xinjiang region and is the highest paved international border at 15,500 feet from sea level.
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China: Earthquake of magnitude 4.5 strikes Xinjiang
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
An earthquake of magnitude 4.5 on the Richter Scale jolted China's Xinjiang region on Wednesday, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) reported.
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