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Advocacy group report shows complicity of Pakistan, Afghanistan in China’s transnational repression of Uyghur community

Aug 18, 2021, at 02:38 am

Washington: The Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) and the Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs (Oxus) have released a new report documenting the complicity of the Pakistani and Afghan states in China’s transnational repression of Uyghurs.

China's treatment towards Uyghur: Netherland's Arnhem city breaks ties with Wuhan

Jul 25, 2021, at 05:18 am

Arnhem in Netherlands has severed sister-city ties with China's Wuhan over Beijing's treatment of Uyghur people.

China: Uyghur research scientist found detained after remaining missing for several months

Jul 23, 2021, at 08:39 pm

Beijing:  A Uyghur research scientist at a Chinese university in Shanghai, who had suddenly gone silent in April after an active presence on social media, has been detained, media reports said.

Boycott Beijing Winter Olympic Games: Activists protest in Tokyo

Jul 20, 2021, at 02:32 am

Tokyo: More than 30 people, representing oppressed groups like Tibetans, Uighurs and Mongolians, and human rights defenders from Hong Kong, Japan and China, have called upon the world community to acknowledge human rights abuses by China and boycott the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games.

Uyghur issue: US Senate passes bill to ban Xinjiang imports

Jul 16, 2021, at 10:27 pm

Washington: The US Senate has passed a bill to ban imports from Xinjiang region, an episode which has potential to further trigger conflict between Washington and Beijing.

Blinken meets Uyghur internment camp survivors, calls for an end to China’s ongoing genocide

Jul 09, 2021, at 12:30 am

Washington: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with seven Uyghur internment camp survivors, advocates, and relatives of individuals detained in Xinjiang to express the United States’ commitment to work with allies and partners in calling for an end to China’s ongoing crimes against humanity and genocide against Uyghurs and members of other ethnic and religious minority groups in Xinjiang.

China accused of death of Uyghur teacher in Xinjiang detention facility

Jul 05, 2021, at 10:55 pm

Xinjiang: The death of an Uyghur teacher in a  detention facility in China's Xinjiang region has earned social media attention.

US congressional body agency asks UN to move on investigation of alleged human rights abuses in China

Jul 03, 2021, at 08:19 pm

Washington: A US congressional body has asked United Nations Secretary General António Guterres to act on recommendations by UN-appointed monitors and take special measures to investigate alleged human rights abuses by China, media reports said.

Australia: Campaigners demonstrate in Canberra, demand boycotting Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics

Jun 25, 2021, at 03:20 am

Canberra: A group of campaigners representing Tibetan, Uyghur, Southern Mongolian, Hongkonger and Taiwanese people held demonstrations in Canberra city, close to the  Parliament House in Australia, on Wednesday.

Ottawa, Beijing spar over China’s treatment of Uyghurs

Jun 23, 2021, at 02:22 pm

Washington/Sputnik: Ottawa and Beijing sparred over human rights issues in the others’ countries, with Canada pushing China at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) meeting for free access to Xinjiang province to investigate alleged human rights violations against the Uyghur people.

Imran Khan draws flak for his Uyghur remarks

Jun 23, 2021, at 02:27 am

Washington/Islamabad: Critics have slammed PM Imran Khan over his recent statement on Chinese treatment towards Uyghur Muslims where he asked  why the world was fixated on Xinjiang while ignoring what India was doing in Kashmir.

China sanctions Belgian lawmaker for motion which alerts about genocide risk against Xinjiang Uygurs

Jun 19, 2021, at 04:31 am

Beijing: Beijing has sanctioned a Belgian lawmaker who called for a proposal warning of a risk of genocide against Uygur Muslims in Xinjiang, a region which has always triggered international criticisms over China's alleged treatment towards the Uyghur Muslim community.

Chinese census data showed migration hiked Han population in Xinjiang

Jun 16, 2021, at 06:18 am

Beijing: A 2020 Chinese census report has revealed that the Han population in China’s western region of Xinjiang grew faster than the ethnic minority Uygur population over the last decade, media reports said.

Uygur tribunal: Former Chinese policeman discloses chilling account of treatment towards Uyghurs

Jun 11, 2021, at 10:52 pm

A former policeman has revealed the way Uyghurs were tortured in China's Xinjiang region while giving his testimony at a London-based tribunal.

Chinese human rights abuse: Japan, Australian ministers express deep concern over Xinjiang issue

Jun 10, 2021, at 11:50 pm

Melbourne: Japan and Australia’s foreign and defense ministers on Wednesday expressed strong concerns over the human rights abuses in China.

Budapest to rename four roads to protest against building Chinese university

Jun 06, 2021, at 04:10 pm

Budapest: China is facing yet another heat from Budapest as the Mayor of the Hungary capital has decided to rename streets in protest to plans to build a Chinese university in the city.

UK: 'Uyghur Tribunal' starts investigating atrocities in China's Xinjiang

Jun 05, 2021, at 05:26 pm

London: A series of hearing started on Friday in London to gather evidence whether the Chinese government's alleged human rights abuses in the Xinjiang region was a genocide, media reports said.

Xinjiang: Members of US Congress to reconsider maintaining ties with Chinese sports companies

Jun 04, 2021, at 09:51 pm

A US congressional group has asked National Basketball Association (NBA) players to reconsider maintaining their ties with Chinese sports companies that use cotton from Xinjiang.

China opposes Australia-NZ government's remark on Hong Kong, Uyghur issues

Jun 02, 2021, at 01:48 am

Beijing: The Chinese government has expressed concern over the statement issued by New Zealand and Australian PMs over the Hong Kong and Uyghur issues.

Australia, NZ jointly voice concern over Chinese treatment towards Uyghur, Hong Kong

Jun 02, 2021, at 01:00 am

Australia and New Zealand have jointly expressed deep concerns over the situation that limits the rights and freedoms of the people of Hong Kong and the Chinese government's treatment towards Uyghur Muslims.

Chinese dominance: Xinjiang authorities detain elderly Uyghur woman

May 31, 2021, at 03:57 am

Beijing: There seems to be no respite for Uyghurs in China as authorities in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) allegedly detained a woman in an internment camp on suspicion of “religious extremism” after she intervened in a domestic dispute between her neighbours, according to authorities.

China: Uyghur Muslims targeted by fake e-mails

May 29, 2021, at 03:27 am

Beijing: Alleged Chinese-speaking hackers are using fake emails from the United Nations (U.N.) and a human rights group to target Uyghur Muslims in China and abroad, claims cybersecurity researchers.

Muslim nations refrain from criticising China on Uyghur treatment: World Politics Review

May 21, 2021, at 11:55 pm

Surprising many Muslim majority nations have not criticised China over its treatment of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang region of the country.

Unemployed Hong Kong man jailed for supporting Uyghurs during rally

May 21, 2021, at 05:26 pm

Beijing: An unemployed man has been jailed for 28 months for "rioting and assaulting police" after he tried to snatch an arrested protester during a Hong Kong rally in support of China’s Uygur population two years ago, an episode once again showing the way Beijing tries to silence its critics, media reports said.  

Report alleges China is using Uyghur forced labour to make solar panels

May 17, 2021, at 11:01 pm

Beijing: An investigation has found that the global production of solar panels is using forced labour from China's Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang province.

Uyghur issue: Nordic, Baltic countries express 'grave concern'

May 16, 2021, at 06:49 pm

As many as eight  Nordic and Baltic countries issued a joint statement which said they are "gravely concerned" about the situation of the Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslim minorities in China's Xinjiang region, media reports said.

China: Jailed Uyghur businessman dies in Xinjiang Prison Hospital under mysterious circumstances

May 16, 2021, at 04:07 am

A jailed Uyghur businessman has been confirmed to have died in a prison hospital in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), leaving many people to speculate that he passed away as a result of torture while in detention.

Australian think tank claims China is using coercive measures in Xinjiang to drive down Uyghur birth rates

May 15, 2021, at 02:59 am

Beijing: China is following a coercive campaign in the Xinjiang region of the country which is believed to have led to a sharp decline in the number of Uyghur Muslims, claims an Australia think tank group.

Demonstrators detained in Kazakhstan as they demanded release of illegally held relatives in China's Xinjiang

May 14, 2021, at 04:35 am

Almaty: Police in Kazakhstan's largest city Almaty recently detained at least nine demonstrators who were picketing the Chinese consulate for 93 days to demand the release of relatives they say are being "illegally" held in China, media reports said on Thursday.

Upcoming UN conference on Uyghur angers China

May 13, 2021, at 12:49 am

Beijing: China has termed  an upcoming UN video conference on Beijing's crackdown on the Uyghur Muslims as an event based on sheer lies and political bias.