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China building secretive irrigation tunnel project in Xinjiang to change e
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], February 8 (ANI): China is constructing a secretive 514-kilometre-long irrigation project in its restive Xinjiang region to change the ethnic balance in favour of Han Chinese by moving Uyghurs, Kazakhs and others out of the region.
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New bill introduced in US House to boost protections for China's Uyghurs
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 28 (ANI): A wide-ranging bill intended to support the US tech industry was passed by the US House of Representatives on Tuesday. The bill also confronts China on human rights abuses, including the persecution of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in the country's Xi
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US-based Muslim civil liberties organization urges Tesla to close showroo
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 5 (ANI): A major Muslim civil liberties organization in the United States has called on Tesla motors CEO Elon Musk to close a recently-opened showroom in China's Xinjiang region, saying no American corporation should be doing business in a region that is the focal po
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China replaces Xinjiang Communist Party chief Chen Quanguo
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], December 26 (ANI): China has replaced Chen Quanguo, who served as the Communist Party chief in the Xinjiang region, local media reported.
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US Congress passes bill banning imports from China's Xinjiang
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 17 (ANI): US Congress on Thursday passed a bill banning imports from China's Xinjiang region over forced labour of the Uyghur Muslims.
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Foreign influencers used to whitewash China's rights abuses in Xinjiang, s
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], December 16 (ANI): Foreign social media influencers are being used by the Chinese Communist Party as part of its "global propaganda push" to whitewash its human rights abuses in the Xinjiang region, states an Australia based think tank.
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Airbnb hosts China's Xinjiang rentals on land owned by sanctioned group
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 2 (ANI): Airbnb, a US-based vacation rental company, has more than a dozen homes available for rent in China's Xinjiang region on land owned by an organization sanctioned by the US government for complicity in genocide and forced labour, according to Axios investiga
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New evidence shows China's repression of Uyghurs
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Beijing [China], November 19 (ANI): Fresh evidence has emerged against China showing surveillance, intimidation and harassment of members of the Uyghur Muslim minority community at concentration camps in China's Xinjiang region.
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Chinese firm transfers thousands of Uyghurs from Xinjiang to other areas f
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Beijing [China], November 14 (ANI): A Chinese company has reportedly sent more than 3,000 Uyghur workers including minors from the Xinjiang region to factories in other parts of the country to 'work', an investigation report informed.
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Uyghur doctoral student known for academic achievements arrested at Chines
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], October 28 (ANI): Chinese authorities have arrested a Uyghur doctoral student known for his academic achievements in the Xinjiang region.
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G-7 agree to eradicate forced labour amid China's crackdown on Uyghurs
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
London [UK], October 23 (ANI): In a veiled rebuke of China's crackdown of Uyghurs minorities, trade ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) countries have agreed to eliminate forced labour and shared their concern over state-sponsored practice on minorities.
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China faces growing opposition to 2022 Winter Olympics due to human rights
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], October 23 (ANI): China faces growing opposition to the 2022 Winter Olympics on account of a dismal human rights record, particularly in the Xinjiang region against the Uyghur Muslims, said a Canada-based think tank.
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