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Experts raise human rights violations by China in Tibet, Xinjiang and Hong
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 17 (ANI): Experts and human rights activists have come down hard against Beijing for gross human rights violations in Tibet, Xinjiang and Hong Kong.
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Pak approaches international community over Kashmir but committing genocid
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], Sept 11 (ANI): As Pakistan continues to cry foul over Kashmir, Baloch leader Mehran Marri has exposed its hypocritical nature, saying Islamabad is committing "genocide and human rights violation" in Balochistan and yet they go to the International community with a "facade of
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Islam forced on Uighurs, claims China
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 21 (ANI): In a white paper, China on Sunday defended its policies and claimed that Islam was forced upon Uighurs -- the ethnic community native to Xinjiang.
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Pakistan turning blind eye to human rights abuses in Xinjiang
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], July 21 (ANI): While the United Nations has said that at least one million ethnic Uighurs and other Muslims have been detained in China, experts believe that neighbouring Pakistan has turned a blind eye to the human rights abuses in Xinjiang.
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37 countries, including Pak and Saudi, defend China in UN letter over Xinj
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 13 (ANI): UN ambassadors from 37 countries, including Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, have released a letter defending China's "contribution to the international human rights cause" in the Xinjiang region, in direct response to Western criticism earlier this week.
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US urges Pak to release those held for blasphemy, asks China to curb relig
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jun 22 (ANI): US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday urged Pakistan to release over 40 people from the religious minority community who have been serving jail term or facing execution on blasphemy charges in the country.
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UN raises concern over UN counterterrorism official's visit to China's Xin
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 15 (ANI): The United States on Friday objected to a visit by the United Nations counterterrorism chief to China's Xinjiang province, where around one million ethnic Uighurs and minority Muslims are reportedly held at detention centres.
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Chinese govt has destroyed graveyard of Uighur community: Historian
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 13 (ANI): The Chinese government has destroyed a graveyard which belonged to Uighur community in Khotan town of Xinjiang Province, claimed historian Rian Thum on Wednesday.
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US calls on China to release Uighur detainees ahead of Eid
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 30 (ANI): The United States on Wednesday called on China to release all Uighurs and other Muslim minorities arbitrarily detained throughout Xinjiang so they may return home to celebrate the Eid holiday with their loved ones.
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Legal residents held in detention camps in China, claims US
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], March 29 (ANI): The United States on Friday claimed that its citizens have been held in detention camps of Xinjiang in China.
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US funds pull out of Chinese companies over Uighur detention in Xinjiang
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 28 (ANI): As the US administration ups its scrutiny regarding the use of its capital market to fund the mass detention of Uighurs in China's Xinjiang, large US investment funds have sold their equity stakes in Chinese surveillance company Hikvision.
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No meaningful action by Trump administration over China's treatment of Mus
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Mar 5 (ANI): A bipartisan group of US lawmakers on Monday (local time) complained that the Trump administration 'has taken no meaningful action' on China's alleged abuse of the largest Muslim Uyghur ethnic minority in Xinjiang.
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