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Nordic-Baltic countries express concern at human rights situation
Updated : 12 hours, 18 min ago IST
Beijing [China], May 15 (ANI): Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden have issued a joint statement expressing grave concern at the human rights situation of Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslim minorities in China's Xinjiang province.
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US considering sanctions on China solar over forced labour in Xinj
Updated : 1 day, 13 hours ago IST
Washington [US], May 14 (ANI): The Biden administration is considering sanctions over China's use of forced labour in the production of solar panels, said United States Special Envoy on Climate, John Kerry.
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Jailed Uyghur businessman dies in Xinjiang under mysterious condit
Updated : 1 day, 14 hours ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 14 (ANI): A jailed businessman in China's Xinjiang province, belonging to the Uyghur minority community, has been confirmed to have died in a prison hospital under mysterious circumstances.
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Calls grow at UN for unfettered access to China's Xinjiang provinc
Updated : 1 day, 16 hours ago IST
New York [US], May 14 (ANI): Several western countries and human rights organizations have yet again called on China to allow the UN human rights chief unobstructed access to the Xinjiang province to probe the situation of ethnic minorities in the northwest region of the country.
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9 protesters held in Kazakhstan for demanding release of relatives
Updated : 1 day, 23 hours ago IST
Almaty [Kazakhstan], May 14 (ANI): Police have detained at least nine protesters in Kazakhstan's Almaty who have been staging demonstrations outside the Chinese consulate of the city to demand the release of their relatives held illegally in China.
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UN members ask China to give 'unfettered' access to Xinjiang
Updated : 2 days, 9 hours ago IST
New York [US], May 13 (ANI): A group of United Nations members has asked China to grant "immediate, meaningful and unfettered access" for the group's human rights chief to Xinjiang to inspect human rights abuses of Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities.
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Xinjiang birth rate fell nearly half in two years after Chinese cr
Updated : 2 days, 13 hours ago IST
Canberra [Australia], May 13 (ANI): The birth rate across the Xinjiang region fell by nearly half in the two years after China adopted "coercive and intrusive policing of reproduction processes", according to new research.
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UN should press China to end crimes against humanity on Uyghurs: H
Updated : 2 days, 22 hours ago IST
New York [US], May 13 (ANI): United Nations members should press the Chinese government to end its crimes against humanity against Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims, said Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday.
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Veteran Uyghur advocate's sister confirmed dead after release from
Updated : 2 days, 23 hours ago IST
Beijing [China], May 13 (ANI): Amid China's increasing repression of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang, the younger sister of veteran Uyghur rights advocate Rebiya Kadeer is confirmed to have died after her release from an internment camp in the region, according to sources.
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China continued to restrict activities, personal freedom of religi
Updated : 3 days, 3 hours ago IST
Washington [US], May 13 (ANI): The Chinese government in 2020 continued to assert control over religion and restrict the activities and personal freedom of religious adherents that it perceived as threatening state or Chinese Communist Party (CCP) interests, according to the US 2020 report o
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UN states, civil society organisations to discuss human rights sit
Updated : 3 days, 21 hours ago IST
New York [US], May 12 (ANI): A broad coalition of UN member states and civil society organizations (CSO) is set to hold an online event on Wednesday to raise awareness and discuss the human rights situation prevailing in China Xinjiang province.
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China targets Xinjiang Muslim women to suppress birth rate
Updated : 4 days, 6 hours ago IST
Beijing [China], May 11 (ANI): As China continues its crackdown on the Uyghur community, the Xi Jinping government forces the women residing in the Xinjiang region to have fewer babies under the name of population control.
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