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UN seeks access to Uighur camps in Xinjiang
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Dec 7 (ANI): The United Nations Human Rights chief, Michelle Bachelet, has sought access to the Uighur camps in China's Xinjiang Province to verify "worrying" reports about human rights violations in the region.
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China failed to implement UN recommendations on human rights, say activist
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Nov 3 (ANI): Human rights activists, academicians and politicians have raised serious concerns over Beijing's failure to protect human rights of indigenous and minority communities in the country, especially Xinjiang and Tibet.
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Religious extremism effectively contained: Xinjiang governor
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Xinjiang [China], Oct 19 (ANI): Chairman of the Government of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Shohrat Zakir, claimed that the Chinese government's policies in the region have led to the containment of religious extremism, has brought peace and led to economic growth in Xinjiang.
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Pak refrains from raising Uighur issue with China
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Sep 23 (ANI): Pakistan has refrained from raising the issues surrounding Uighur Muslims in its meeting with China's top diplomat earlier in the week, even after worldwide criticism of China's alleged abuse of Uighur Muslims in the Xinjiang Province.
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Muslim identity at risk in China
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sep 01 (ANI): The Muslims in China, a majority of them based in Xinjiang- an autonomous territory in the northwest of the country, are losing their identity and are forced to renounce Islam.
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Economic aims drive China to tighten grip over people in Xinjing
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA] Aug 30 (ANI): As China is keenly engaged to fulfill President Xi Jinping's signature "Belt and Road Initiative" (BRI), that will link Chinese economy with major continental and maritime zones of the Eurasian continent, the people in its own Xinjiang province are living in
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Balochistan is not Xinjiang, Baloch leader warns China
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Undisclosed location, Balochistan (ANI), Aug 17: Warning China against exploitation of Balochistan's mineral wealth and occupation of Baloch territory, Baloch pro-independence leader Allah Nazar Baloch asserted that the people of Balochistan would not tolerate their attempts to trample upon
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China denies holding Uighur Muslims captive
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Aug 13 (ANI): China has denied reports claiming that the country held a million Uighur Muslims captive in mass detention camps in Xinjiang province after a United Nations human rights panel expressed grave concerns over the issue.
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China holding 1 mn Uighurs in secret camps: UN
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Aug 11 (ANI): A United Nations human rights panel has expressed grave concerns that there were credible reports that China is holding a million Uighur Muslims in mass detention camps in Xinjiang province.
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China's war against Islam
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Hong Kong [China], May 22 (ANI): There has been a sharp uptick in government-backed persecution of Christianity and other religions in China, but none are currently suffering as much as the Muslim population in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR). Some 11 million Uighurs reside i
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China cracking down on 'violent' Uyghur fighters: Report
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 10 (ANI): China is cracking down on Uyghurs fighters seeking to establish themselves in Central Asia after fleeing from war-ravaged Iraq and Syria.
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Anger in Gilgit over Chinese arresting Uighur women
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Gilgit [Pakistan-occupied Kashmir], April 7 (ANI): Anger and distress against Chinese is brewing among families in Gilgit-Baltistan following news being received of Uighur women in Xinjiang province being arrested.
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