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China: Uyghur lecturer sentenced to 13 years in prison over writings, foreign connections

Apr 26, 2022, at 01:39 am

Xinjiang: A Uyghur academic, who studied in Germany, has been sentenced to 13 years in prison in northwestern China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, media reports said on Monday.

US human rights report mentions China's violations in Xinjiang, Hong Kong and Tibet

Apr 16, 2022, at 05:51 am

Washington: The US State Department has released a report where it has described China’s abuses targeting Uyghurs, Hongkongers and Tibetans as among some of the worst human rights violations around the world.

China: Relatives of detained Uyghurs forced to work in Xinjiang factories

Apr 16, 2022, at 05:23 am

Xinjiang, China: Hundreds of family members of detained Uyghur residents of a small community in northwestern China’s Xinjiang region are now forced by authorities to work in local government-run factories, media reports said.

Uyghur university lecturer serving 10-year sentence in China's Xinjiang

Mar 10, 2022, at 04:56 am

Xinjiang, China: A Uyghur professor and translator is currently serving 10 years in prison in northwestern China’s Xinjiang region for separatism and promoting Western culture, media reports said on Wednesday.

Eradicating culture: China decides to shut down more than 150 Uyghur cultural research and language organizations

Mar 05, 2022, at 12:55 am

Beijing: The Chinese government is trying to eradicate the Muslim community of the country and it is evident from the government’s move to shut down more than 150 Uyghur cultural research and language organizations, media reports said on Friday.

Turkey closes Uyghur school in Istanbul following China's complaint

Mar 03, 2022, at 04:19 am

Istanbul: Authorities in Istanbul city in Turkey closed a Uyghur elementary school there allegedly at the request of the Chinese government officials who worried students were receiving anti-China instruction, media reports said on Wednesday.

Turkish fraudsters try to steal money from bank account of Uyghur businessman detained in China, attempt foiled

Feb 24, 2022, at 10:05 pm

Ankara: Turkish fraudsters recently received a jolt as their attempt to steal millions of dollars from a Turkish bank account belonging to a prominent Uyghur businessman serving a lengthy prison sentence in China’s far-western Xinjiang region was foiled, media reports said on Wednesday.

China's wrath: Uyghur high school principal sent to 18 years in prison

Feb 19, 2022, at 05:20 am

Xinjiang, China: A Uyghur educator and principal of a high school in Korla in Xinjiang region of China has been serving 18 years in prison for inviting two Uyghur scholars to give presentations, media reports said on Friday.

Xinjiang: Chinese authorities detain Uyghur man who studied in Japan

Feb 12, 2022, at 03:26 am

Beijing: Local police have arrested a Uyghur who studied in Japan as a graduate student and worked at a restaurant chain in China’s far-western Xinjiang region after he returned home, media reports said on Friday.

Members of Tibetan community hold march in Australia over China's human rights abuses

Feb 06, 2022, at 02:38 am

Sydney, Australia: A group of Tibetans participated in a peaceful march in the Australian city of Sydney against the alleged human rights abuses in China.

Beijing Olympics to begin amid atrocity crimes: HRW

Jan 29, 2022, at 05:07 am

Beijing: The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics will open amid atrocity crimes and other grave human rights violations by the Chinese government, 243 nongovernmental organizations from around the world said today.

Australian Uyghur leader feels 'hurt' that athletes are still participating in Beijing Winter Olympics

Jan 26, 2022, at 04:28 am

Beijing/Melbourne: Uyghur community leader Adam Turan has said he felt 'hurt' that Australian athletes are still deciding to participate in Winter Olympics in China, a nation "where they are carrying out a genocide against our people".

BBC invested more than £150 million in Chinese state-owned companies accused of links to appalling human rights violations: Reports

Jan 16, 2022, at 02:04 am

London: British media giant BBC has invested more than £150 million ($205 million) in Chinese state-owned companies accused of links to appalling human rights violations, media reports said on Saturday.

Blinken targets China for imposing sanction on family members of Uyghur-American activists

Jan 12, 2022, at 01:56 am

Washington: The US State Department has asked China to cease its acts of transnational repression, including coercive practices of imprisoning and denying freedom of movement to family members of Uyghur-American activists including individuals serving the American people. 

Immediately end genocide, crimes in Xinjiang province: US calls on China

Dec 26, 2021, at 04:46 am

Washington: The United States has asked the Chinese government to immediately end genocide and crimes against humanity against the predominantly Muslim Uyghurs and members of other ethnic and religious minority groups in Xinjiang province.

Retired Uyghur civil servant dies in Xinjiang internment camp: Report

Dec 23, 2021, at 01:43 am

Beijing: A retired Uyghur civil servant abducted by police and taken to an internment camp more than three years ago died earlier last year, officials said.

Joe Biden expresses 'concern' over China’s practices in Xinjiang, Tibet, and Hong Kong during virtual meet with Xi Jinping

Nov 18, 2021, at 04:56 am

Washington: US President Joe Biden raised concerns about China’s practices in Xinjiang, Tibet, and Hong Kong, as well as human rights more broadly during his virtual meeting with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.

Joe Biden expresses 'concern' over China’s practices in Xinjiang, Tibet, and Hong Kong during virtual meet with Xi Jinping

Nov 17, 2021, at 10:32 pm

Washington: US President Joe Biden raised concerns about China’s practices in Xinjiang, Tibet, and Hong Kong, as well as human rights more broadly during his virtual meeting with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.

Third dossier of evidence on Chinese atrocities on Uyghurs submitted to ICC

Nov 14, 2021, at 01:57 pm

New York: A third dossier of evidence was submitted to the ICC (The International Criminal Court) office of the Prosecutor (OTP) asking for an investigation to be opened against Chinese authorities for genocide and other crimes against humanity allegedly being committed against the Uyghur Muslims.

Chinese tech companies seem to be censoring Uyghur, Tibetans

Nov 12, 2021, at 05:32 pm

Two Chinese companies, which claim to boast their commitment to diversity, seemed to have removed Uyghur and Tibetan language offerings, a move seen by experts as Beijing's way of implementing  tech-enabled suppression of minorities.

Xinjiang authorities arrest Uyghur doctoral student from Chinese university

Oct 29, 2021, at 08:11 pm

Chinese authorities have arrested a Uyghur doctoral student from Xinjiang region, who had earned academic achievements and was praised by the Chinese media, from far-western region in April while attending university in Guangzhou, media reports said.

China appoints Guangdong veteran, two Uygur cadres with security and development experience to Xinjiang Communist Party committee

Oct 20, 2021, at 12:38 am

Beijing: China has appointed a Guangdong veteran and two Uygur cadres with significant security and development experience to the Xinjiang Communist Party committee, media reports said on Monday.

Chinese police tortured Uyghurs in Xinjiang, reveals ex-cop

Oct 06, 2021, at 12:33 am

A  former Chinese police detective has shared chilling information on how hundreds of police officers armed with rifles went house to house in the Uyghur inhabited  far western region of China and pulled people out of their residence to handcuff and hood them.

UyghurGenocide: More than 2000 people demonstrate in Paris against China

Oct 04, 2021, at 12:14 am

Paris:  More than 2000 people gathered in Fench capital Paris on Saturday to raise their voice against the ongoing genocide of Uyghurs in Xinjiang by the Chinese Communist Party.

High-level govt role found in China’s Uyghur Internment Camps: Report

Sep 20, 2021, at 05:15 am

A new report has found that China's top policy, legislative and advisory bodies were closely involved in the creation of the “Re-Education Internment Campaign” in Xinjiang that has sent some 1.8 million Uyghurs to detention camps and drawn genocide accusations against Beijing, media reports said.

Uyghur tribunal ends hearing in London

Sep 16, 2021, at 02:21 am

London: The tribunal hearing China’s treatment of its ethnic Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims ended in London on Monday.

No sign of banned Uyghur outfit in Afghanistan: Taliban tells China

Sep 13, 2021, at 03:51 am

Taliban insurgents have told China that the shadowy Uyghur Islamic group that Beijing has used as justification for increasingly harsh rule over the Muslim ethnic minority in its far-western Xinjiang region is not present in Afghanistan and won’t be allowed to return.

President Xi Jinping's CCP policy to culturally unite China now reaches Inner Mongolia

Sep 11, 2021, at 02:19 am

Beijing: Xi Jinping's plan to culturally unify the entire country as per the political agenda of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has now reached Inner Mongolia.

Missing Uyghur businessman confirmed to be detained in Xinjiang camp

Aug 26, 2021, at 11:15 pm

Xinjiang:  A leading Uyghur entrepreneur who returned from a visit to the United States in 2016 and vanished without a trace has now been found to be detained by authorities in an internment camp in Xinjiang.

Taliban control over Afghanistan poses threat to Uyghur: Expert

Aug 20, 2021, at 03:47 am

Kabul: A political analyst has said the current situation in Afghanistan, which has been captured by Taliban insurgents, is critical for the Uyghur community.