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ETGE slams China's 'Propaganda' film, accuses Beijing of colonial occupati
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
As per ETGE, East Turkistan was a sovereign, independent state until it was invaded in 1878 by the Manchu Qing Empire, led by Zuo Zongtang, an officer pursuing colonial ambitions. Following the invasion, the region was unilaterally renamed "Xinjiang," or "new territory," in 1884.
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Kmart faces Federal Court action over alleged links to Uyghur Forced Labou
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
A Uyghur group in Australia is suing Kmart, alleging links to forced labour in China's Xinjiang region. The case seeks proof of Kmart's ethical sourcing claims, as critics highlight gaps in Australia's Modern Slavery Act. Kmart denies wrongdoing, citing its long-standing Ethical Sourcing Pro
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Argentina court opens door to justice against China's Uyghur genocide
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Argentina's top criminal court has allowed a genocide case against Chinese officials to proceed, brought by Uyghur victims. The ruling, based on universal jurisdiction, offers hope for justice over alleged abuses in Xinjiang, including mass detentions and torture, and could set a global prec
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Uyghur abuse hidden in cargo? Chinese flights to Europe raise human rights
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Chinese cargo flights to Europe are under scrutiny over concerns they may be linked to forced labour involving Uyghurs. Rights groups fear goods made through abuse in Xinjiang could be reaching global markets undetected.
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'Uyghur lives traded for cotton, solar panels': China's crimes against hum
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Over the past decade, China has escalated a brutal campaign of systematic repression against the Uyghur people, an indigenous Turkic Muslim group native to the region known as Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, or East Turkestan.
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"Uyghurs are facing a full-fledged genocide": Rushan Abbas calls out China
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Rushan Abbas, Founder and Executive Director of the Campaign for Uyghurs, called the persecution of Uyghurs in Xinjiang an "active and full-fledged genocide" in a discussion with The Epoch Times, detailing mass detentions, forced labour, sterilisation, organ harvesting, and transnational rep
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World Uyghur Congress' weekly brief highlights global efforts to combat Uy
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The WUC emphasised that this legislation responds directly to growing evidence, including a recent report from Global Rights Compliance, that exposes the Chinese Communist Party's use of Uyghur forced labour in East Turkistan's mining sector. U.S. officials have underlined that securing ethi
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Geneva: Uyghur rights activist exposes China's forced labour and surveilla
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Speaking at the 59th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Isa described the situation as "dire," with widespread human rights violations continuing under the pretext of state security and development.
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China continues to persecute its Uyghur populace
Updated : 8 months, 4 weeks ago IST
China's harsh treatment of ethnic minorities, such as Muslim Uyghurs in the northwest province of Xinjiang, has not garnered as much international attention in recent times. This must delight the government in Beijing, especially given its earlier notoriety for a sophisticated network of co
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UN Rights Chief flags China over Tibet, Xinjiang abuses; calls for release
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
On June 17, Volker Turk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, expressed worries about "continued violations of cultural and other rights" in Tibet and demanded the "release of all individuals detained for exercising their rights and alignment of legislation and policies with internatio
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WUC marks Uyghur language day, commemorates 1988 student protests amid ong
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
The Director of the Education Committee at World Uyghur Congress (WUC), Abdureshit Niyazkaramay, highlighted the significance of Uyghur Language Day, which was initiated by the WUC in 2015, and marked the 37th anniversary of the 1988 Uyghur Student Protests in Urumchi, according to a stat
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UK lawmaker slams China over Uyghur abuses, calls for global action
Updated : 10 months ago IST
Baroness Helena Kennedy KC, UK House of Lords member and leading human rights lawyer, condemned China's abuses against Uyghur Muslims at the East Turkistan Uyghur Summit, calling them "crimes against humanity" and urging global action to end the repression in Xinjiang. She detailed mass d
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