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Xi Jinping replacing Uyghurs ethnic culture in garb of 'cultural nourishme
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Beijing [China], March 12 (ANI): Chinese government is using Uyghur-speaking government officials and other individuals to promote the idea of cultural nourishment as a way of forcing Uyghurs to give up their ethnic and cultural identities and promote Chinese culture.
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Uyghur teacher in China's Xinjiang serving 7-year imprisonment for instruc
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Beijing [China], March 12 (ANI): A Uyghur educator, honoured previously by the government for outstanding works, is serving seven-year imprisonment in China's Xinjiang region for violating Chinese policy by instructing students in Uyghur language, said a media report citing one of his former
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US asks China to allow UN rights chief 'unhindered' access to Xinjiang
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 11 (ANI): The United States has asked China to provide "unhindered and unsupervised" access to all areas of Xinjiang to United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet, during her visit in May this year.
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China implements fresh strategy to constrain Uyghur population
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Beijing [China], March 10 (ANI): China has implemented a new strategy to constrain the Uyghur population in the Xinjiang region by shifting from "re-education camps" to prison.
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China: Uyghur scholar gets 10-year imprisonment for promoting separatism,
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Beijing [China], March 10 (ANI): A Uyghur professor and translator has been sentenced to 10-year imprisonment in China's Xinjiang for "separatism" and "promoting Western culture", said a media report citing a village official and the convicted man's former Uyghur classmate.
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UN human rights chief to visit Xinjiang in May
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 9 (ANI): United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet is set to visit China in May, including a trip to Xinjiang, after reaching an agreement with Beijing.
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Amazon's business closely entwined with China, suppliers linked to forced
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 8 (ANI): A report from the Tech Transparency Project said that Amazon's business is closely entwined with China and its suppliers linked to forced labour in the Xinjiang region of China.
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Amid sustained repression, Xi calls for minorities in China to 'stick toge
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Beijing [China], March 7 (ANI): China's President Xi Jinping on Saturday urged the minorities in the country to forge "ethnic unity" and a sense of community for the Chinese nation even as new laws have been introduced to repress minorities' identity.
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Pakistan: PIA gets operating licence for Guangzhou, Xian in China
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Beijing [China], March 6 (ANI): The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) on Sunday was granted an operating licence for Guangzhou and Xian in China.
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Ethnic Kazakh from Xinjiang among Ukrainian refugees in Poland
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Warsaw [Poland], March 6 (ANI): Amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict, an ethnic Kazakh from China's North-Western province of Xinjiang has found his way to Poland with other Ukrainian refugees, a media report said on Friday.
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Nearly 800 Uyghurs detained by Chinese authorities in Xinjiang's Manas cou
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Beijing [China], March 6 (ANI): Chinese authorities have detained nearly 800 Uyghurs in Manas county of Xinjiang region, said a media report citing an official from the area who previously worked at the detention facility.
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Retired Uyghur postal worker sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment for 're
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Beijing [China], March 5 (ANI): A retired Uyghur postal worker in China's Xinjiang region, released from an internment camp due to health issues, was rearrested in 2020 and sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment for participating in "illegal religious activities", said a media report.
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