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China razes iconic Grand Bazaar in the city of oasis
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kashgar (Xinjiang) [China], May 8 (ANI): Chinese authorities have razed down the iconic Grand Bazaar in Xinjiang's Kashgar region, a media report said on Sunday.
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Uyghur representatives meet Norwegian leaders, seek Xinjiang genocide reco
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Oslo [Norway], May 7 (ANI): Representatives from the World Uyghur Congress (WUC), including its President Dolkum Isa met with Norwegian lawmakers and officials in Oslo, during a two-day visit to the country on May 5-6, and called for the recognition of the 'Uyghur genocide' in China's Xinjia
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China replicating Xinjiang surveillance model in Shanghai
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Shanghai [China], May 7 (ANI): In the garb of tackling the COVID-19 pandemic, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is using the Shanghai lockdown to implement the most draconian of its surveillance and authoritarian systems, the kinds of which were only seen in far-off provinces like Xinjiang t
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Delay in CPEC projects sowing frustration in Pakistan, China: Report
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 7 (ANI): Amid long delays in the completion of projects and building up arrears, the once much celebrated China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) from China's Xinjiang province, running up to Gwadar in Balochistan, is increasingly becoming dysfunctional leading to i
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Repression of Uyghurs by China continues, 7 teachers imprisoned in Xinjian
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Xinjiang [China], May 6 (ANI): Seven teachers have been imprisoned in the third-largest city of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) as a crackdown on the community continues by the Chinese government.
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China enlists foreign vloggers to show happy Uyghurs in Xinjiang
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 3 (ANI): In order to negate charges of Uyghur genocide, China has enlisted vloggers - travel videos recorded by video bloggers- to whitewash Uyghur minorities' situation in Xinjiang.
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German Parliament to hold discussion on situation of Uyghurs in China's Xi
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], April 30 (ANI): In a bid to create pressure on China regarding human rights violations of the Uyghur community in the country, the German Parliament will hold a discussion on the situation of Uyghurs on Saturday.
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Activists keep focus on Xinjiang access as UN rights chief preps for China
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], April 29 (ANI): The planned visit to China by the United Nations high commissioner for human rights should meet minimum standards to be considered credible, several rights groups have said.
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China asks Sweden to respect 'religious beliefs' of Muslims despite being
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 29 (ANI): China, which is listed among the worst human rights abusers in the world by the Human Rights Watch, has asked Sweden to respect the "religious beliefs" of Muslims and other minority groups, protect their lawful rights and interest, said a media report.
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China using diplomatic leverage to target Uyghurs abroad
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 28 (ANI): China is using its diplomatic heft with countries in Central, West, and South Asia to hunt down and target Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities who have taken refuge abroad, a media report said.
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Uyghur internment camp survivors demonstrate outside UN office in Geneva
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 27 (ANI): Uyghur activists, many of whom are survivors of the internment camps set up by China in the Xinjiang region on Monday demonstrated for a week outside the United Nations compound in Geneva demanding a meeting with the UN human rights chief, a media report
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UK CCTV monitor grills govt to clarify position on Hikvision engaged in Xi
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], April 26 (ANI): The monitor overseeing the British government's use of closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras has asked the UK government to clarify its positions on buying surveillance cameras from controversial tech company Hikvision implicated for its involvement with the C
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