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China has "not occupied" a single inch of foreign land, claims Xi Jinping
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Xi's remarks came following his meeting with US President Joe Biden at a high-stakes US-China Summit, which concluded amid looming concerns of 'Taiwan Independence'. Biden also raised concerns over China's human rights abuses, including in Xinjiang, Tibet and Hong Kong.
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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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Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 strikes China's Xinjiang
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
"Earthquake of Magnitude:4.7, Occurred on 31-10-2023, 14:49:16 IST, Lat: 37.70 & Long: 75.22, Depth: 27 Km, Location: Xinjiang," the NCS posted on X.
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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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Uyghur inmates at Keriye prison forced to work on Chinese farmland
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
These inmates of Keriye Prison have to work for more than half their day in the vast fields of red dates called jujubes, according to a prison employee and a guard.
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Uyghurs condemn 74th anniversary of Chinese invasion of East Turkistan
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
October 12, 2023, marks the deplorable 74th anniversary of China's belligerent invasion of East Turkistan, a country that China subsequently renamed "Xinjiang," which translates to 'new territory' or 'colony' in the Chinese language.
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Uyghurs urge global powers to halt genocide by China
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The East Turkestan Government in Exile has issued an urgent plea to the 78th UN General Assembly and its member states, calling for immediate and decisive action to stop China's ongoing genocide against Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and other Turkic peoples.
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Protest rallies taken out in Bangladesh demanding justice for Uyghurs in C
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The National Ulema Mashaikh Parishad (NUMP) of Bangladesh led these protests on Sunday, staging demonstrations at the North Gate of Baitul Mukarram National Mosque, as reported by Dhaka Tribune, a Bangladeshi English-language daily newspaper.
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Protest rallies held in Bangladesh, demand justice for Uyghur Muslims
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Amid the world's criticism of the atrocities done to Uyghurs, Dhaka and Narayanganj has witnessed protest rallies, demanding justice for Uyghur Muslims in China's Xinjiang province, reported Dhaka Tribune.
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Women, children in China facing repression, female activists tell UNHRC
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Female human rights activists from Xinjiang, Tibet and Hong Kong jointly highlighted China’s forceful repression of women calling it the worst human rights violations in the country.
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China attempts to block Uyghur activist at UN for speaking against Chinese
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
A Chinese diplomat interrupted his speech and demanded the floor to object. The Chinese diplomat said Isa is not a representative of the "so-called NGO". However, UN Human Rights Council Vice President Asim Ahmed allowed Uyghur activists to complete his statement.
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UN expresses concern over forced separation, language policies for Uyghur
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The experts received information about the large-scale removal of children, mainly Uyghur, from their families, including very young children whose parents are in exile or “interned”/detained. These children are treated as “orphans” by State authorities and placed in full-time boarding schoo
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