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Uyghur academic sentenced to 13 years imprisonment in China's Xinjiang
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 24 (ANI): A Uyghur lecturer has been sentenced to 13 years in prison in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region [XUAR], said a media report citing a security officer at the university where he worked.
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Uyghur human rights advocate calls upon companies to abandon products of f
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 20 (ANI): In a bid to address Chinese repression of Uyghurs, a Uyghur human rights advocate has called upon brands to remove materials that come from China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) from every level of their supply chains, according to a media report.
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US law prohibiting imports made with forced Uyghur labor infuriates China
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Hong Kong, February 24 (ANI): The new American law prohibiting foreign companies to source their imports from forced labor in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) has infuriated Beijing, local media reported.
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Mass detention of Uyghurs by Chinese govt 'egregious form of settler colon
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 18 (ANI): Highlighting that the Chinese government has detained about 1.8 million Uyghurs since 2017, an anthropologist said that the mass detentions are part of China's settler colonialism and resource extraction in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR).
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Oldest person in China dies at 135, hailed from country's 'Longevity Town'
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], December 18 (ANI): China's oldest person, a 135-year-old woman from its 'Longevity Town' passed away in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, local authorities said on Saturday.
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US House approves bicameral bill aimed to ban imports from China's Xinjian
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 15 (ANI): The US House of Representatives passed a final version of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, which bans the importation of goods made with forced labour in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, reported Sputnik.
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Japanese apparel makers boycott China's Xinjiang cotton
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan] November 23 (ANI): Japanese apparel makers have decided to shun the cotton produced from China's western Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region citing forced labour and human rights abuses.
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Human rights activists call on China to release Uyghur scholar
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 26 (ANI): Human rights activists on Thursday called on China to release Uyghur scholar, who has been sentenced seven years ago to life in prison for "separatism," for raising voice against discrimination against Uyghurs in northwest China's Xinjiang region, accordi
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Researcher finds Chinese govt role in Uyghur Internment camps in XUAR
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], September 19 (ANI): German researcher Adrian Zenz in London had presented a report at the second session of the Ughyur Tribunal last week.
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No sign of Uyghurs in Afghanistan: Taliban assures China
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 12 (ANI): Uyghurs, who fear extradition to China post-Taliban takeover of the country, are not present in Afghanistan and will not be allowed to return, a Taliban spokesperson has reassured China, according to a media report.
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US lawmakers create bipartisan Uyghur Caucus to raise awareness about righ
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 30 (ANI): US lawmakers Tom Suozzi and Chris Smith on Thursday (local time) announced the creation of the Congressional Uyghur Caucus that they said would raise awareness of the Chinese Community Party's (CCP) "systemic human rights violations against the Uyghur people i
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Kazakh police detain Uyghur activists involved in Xinjiang protests outsid
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Almaty [Kazakhstan], July 3 (ANI): Kazakh police on Thursday detained several activists who were involved in ongoing pickets in front of the Chinese Consulate to demand the release of their relatives held in China's Xinjiang-Uyghur Autonomous Region in Almaty.
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