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China denies UN experts' claim of forcibly separating Tibetan children fro
Updated : 3 years ago IST
China has come under huge attack from UN experts for its alleged move to forcibly assimilate the Tibetan identity into the Han culture. This has come even as China faces a tough time in denying the truth on human rights violations of Uyghurs, Muslim ethnic groups living in the north-western
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Uyghur women face systematic repression under Chinese control
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Uyghur journalist Gulchehra Hoja discusses the human rights situation for Uyghur women in the Xinjiang region of China.
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Train to Tibet along LAC
Updated : 3 years ago IST
There is a serious concern in India now that with its railway network into and within Tibet expanding and railway lines poised to reach the LAC soon, Beijing may feel emboldened to flex its military muscles more resolutely to alter its border with India unilaterally.
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Pro-Tibet rights groups to hold march in Taipei to show solidarity with Ti
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The annual march also seeks to showcase the plight of Hong Kongers and people in Xinjiang.
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Pro-Tibetans to hold march in Taipei to show solidarity with Tibetans, oth
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The march held annually in early March since 2004, was originally intended to commemorate those who died during a Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule that began on March 10, 1959.
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Uyghur woman in jail for over 2 decades for sending children to religious
Updated : 3 years ago IST
For over two decades, Uyghur woman, Ayshemhan Abdulla, has been serving sentence in jail for sending her three teenage children to a local home-based religious school, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported.
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Pro-Tibet rally to be held in Taiwan on March 5
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Pro-Tibet and human rights groups are going to hold a march in Taiwan's Taipei on Sunday to show their solidarity with Tibetans and other minority groups facing oppression in China, the Taipei Times reported.
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Xinjiang's Governor Tuniyaz despised as a traitor, puppet of Beijing
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Recently, Tuniyaz cancelled a trip to the United Kingdom and the European Union after an outcry from politicians and Uyghur activists who said welcoming him would tacitly condone China's human rights abuses against Uyghurs.
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Uyghur detainee's death in Bangkok, epitome of govt's mishandling of those
Updated : 3 years ago IST
According to Bangkok Post, the 49-year-old man died earlier this week of a lung infection. Despite claims by immigration authorities that they had taken good care of his health, rights activists said Abdullah had been seriously ill for more than three weeks but was not allowed to go to the h
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Concern for India as China is to begin new rail line near LAC
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
A state media report citing the plan revealed by the TAR Development and Reform Commission stated: "By 2025, the construction of several railway projects, including the Ya'an-Nyingchi section of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway, the Shigatse-Pakhuktso section of the Xinjiang-Tibet Railway, and the
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UNESCO accused of failing to acknowledge Beijing's actions towards Uyghurs
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
These actions by Beijing include "destroying built heritage and desacralizing religious traditions, criminalizing grassroots cultural practices while using their staged representations to promote China's chosen political narratives."
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East Turkistan urges UK police to arrest "Xinjiang Governor" Erkin Tuniyaz
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Describing Tuniyaz as the "puppet," East Turkistanis said that UK barrister Rodney Dixon KC and his legal team have submitted the request on their behalf to the Metropolitan Police SO15 Counter-terrorism unit.
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