Dec 17, 2021, at 11:07 pm
Four UN independent human rights experts called on Thursday for Morocco to reverse its decision to extradite a Uyghur Muslim to China as his return would place him under threat of serious human rights violations.
Dec 17, 2021, at 09:03 pm
Four UN independent human rights experts called on Thursday for Morocco to reverse its decision to extradite a Uyghur Muslim to China as his return would place him under threat of serious human rights violations.
Mar 13, 2021, at 09:04 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Islamic political parties have called upon the Bangladesh Government to sever all diplomatic ties with China, owing to alleged persecution of Uighur Muslims in the country.
Uighur trouble in China: Women march in Istanbul
Mar 12, 2021, at 11:53 pm
A large number of women staged a march in Istanbul recently to demand an end to China's ‘genocide’ and protection of Uighur women’s rights, media reports said.
Turkey shifts stance on criticising China's Uighur policy, ban anti-China gathering
Mar 09, 2021, at 01:29 am
Istanbul: Turkey seems to have shifted its stance on China's Uighur policies in recent times going by its action of banning a gathering of Uighur activists on its soil.
Expert feels Uighur movement seems to have lost momentum under Chinese repression
Feb 26, 2021, at 03:35 am
Beijing: A human rights expert has said he feels the Uighur movement seems to have lost momentum under Chinese repression while it made global campaigns pronounced.
Forced labour in China: US House reintroduces bill to ban good from Xinjiang
Feb 21, 2021, at 05:07 am
Washington: A bipartisan bill that would prohibit the importation of goods made with forced labor in China was introduced in the US House of Representatives.
BBC World News banned from broadcasting in China
Feb 12, 2021, at 02:28 pm
Beijing/UNI: The Chinese government's television and radio regulator announced on Thursday that it is banning the BBC World News from broadcasting in the country, with immediate effect.
Ban on BBC 'unacceptable curtailing of media freedom' by China : UK
Feb 12, 2021, at 06:50 am
London/IBNS: The British government has slammed China over media censorship, after Beijing banned BBC World News for its reporting of Uighur minority.
China forced labour issue in Xinjiang: Solar companies now tracing supply chains
Feb 09, 2021, at 06:13 pm
Beijing: Several solar companies have pledged to oppose forced labor in their supply chains as concern over the sector's reliance on China’s Xinjiang region has been raised in recent times.
China calls BBC report on Uighur as 'unjust and irresponsible'
Feb 08, 2021, at 02:37 pm
Beijing: China has called BBC's recent report on Uighur camp in Xinjiang as 'unjust, subjective and irresponsible'.
Uighur women subjected to systematic rape in Xinjiang camps: Report
Feb 06, 2021, at 05:11 pm
London: An investigative report published by BBC has revealed that women in China's "re-education" camps for Uighurs have been systematically raped, sexually abused, and tortured.
US officials claim China is targeting relatives of Uighur activists
Feb 04, 2021, at 03:00 am
Washington: US officials are claiming that Chinese government is targeting relatives of some Uighur activists with terrorism charges, media reports said.
US Secretary of State sees China as a 'significant challenge'
Feb 04, 2021, at 02:18 am
Washington: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said China poses the most significant challenge to the nation than any other country.
US government accuses China of 'committing genocide against Uighurs
Jan 20, 2021, at 02:23 pm
Washington/UNI: The outgoing US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday accused China of committing genocide in its repression of the Uighurs and other mainly Muslim people of China.
Uyghur woman Gulbahar Haitiwaji reveals her days of torment in Chinese camps
Jan 20, 2021, at 02:45 am
Beijing: An Uyghur woman, who was lured back to China from France only to be arrested, interrogated and abused, has penned down her experiences in a book where she said in the camps run by Beijing the thought of life and death do not remain the same as it is in the normal world.
China possibly committed 'genocide' against Uighurs: US Commission report
Jan 17, 2021, at 06:46 am
Washington: A US commission has said in its report that China possibly carried out genocide against Uighur Muslims and other ethnic minorities in its northwestern region of Xinjiang, media reports said.
Uighur women post: Twitter removes Chinese embassy in US’ tweet
Jan 13, 2021, at 01:41 am
Beijing: Popular micro-blogging website Twitter recently removed a post by the Chinese Embassy in the US which was about women belonging to the Muslim minority group Uighur, media reports said.
Chinese authority forcing ethnic minority laborers in Xinjiang to pick cotton
Dec 28, 2020, at 05:13 pm
Washington: A report has unveiled that the Chinese government is coercing hundreds of thousands of rural workers to carry out the grueling labour of handpicking cotton in the controversial Uyghur region of the country.
Uighur persecution: Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis flays China
Dec 22, 2020, at 05:19 pm
London: Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis has emerged as a key religious figure in the UK who slammed China over the persecution of its Uighur Muslims.
Chinese atrocities: Uighur poetry culture on verge of extinction
Dec 09, 2020, at 07:23 pm
Beijing: The loved poetries of Uighur people of China are one the verge of extinction amid growing atrocities carried out on them by Beijing over the years.
US, UK, other nations mount pressure on China over Uighur torture issue
Dec 06, 2020, at 10:27 pm
Beijing: Several nations across the globe have called on China to respect the human rights of its Uighur Muslim minority.
China fumes, Uighurs rejoice after Trump passes law to punish Chinese crackdown on Uighur Muslims
Jun 18, 2020, at 08:35 pm
Beijing/Washington: Cornered worldwide over the Covid-19 fiasco, China is now fuming after yet another setback as the United States passed a legislation to punish the Chinese crackdown on Uighur Muslims, media reports said.
Uighur: Top Muslim preacher urges Islamic nations to start boycotting Chinese products
Dec 25, 2019, at 10:47 am
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia/IBNS: Keeping in mind the treatment given to ethnic Uighurs, an influential Muslim preacher has asked the Islamic countries to start the process of boycotting Chinese products.
Uyghur Turks: Turkey demands China to close camps
Feb 10, 2019, at 07:23 pm
Ankara, Feb 10 (IBNS): The Turkey government on Sunday described Beijing's controversial mass "re-education" camps of Uyghur Turks in China's western region of Xinjiang as 'a great shame for humanity'.