Uighur Muslims
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Removal of US troops from Afghanistan to benefit China: Report
Washington [US]: The US decision to withdraw its forces from Afghanistan after 20 years of war against the Taliban will be an advantage for China to establish its influence in…
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The UK accuses China of ‘gross’ human rights abuses against Uighurs
London: UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has accused China of “gross and egregious” human rights abuses against its Muslim Uighur community and said sanctions against those responsible could not be ruled…
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It is time for India to speak about persecution of Muslims in China
Shaheen Nazar New Delhi: – An investigation published this week by American news agency Associated Press (AP) has drawn international attention, and condemnation of China. The AP says it has…
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Pompeo condemns China’s campaign to curb Muslim population
Beijing: The Chinese government is taking draconian measures to slash birth rates among Uighurs and other minorities as part of a sweeping campaign to curb its Muslim population, even as…
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China lashes out at US’s action over Uighur Muslims crackdown
BEIJING: Beijing on Thursday slammed US President Donald Trump after he signed into a legislation that condemns against senior Chinese officials over the mass incarceration of Uighur Muslims in China’s restive…
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Emrati Princess voices rare support for Chinese Muslims
DUBAI: United Arab Emirates (UAE) princess Hend Faisal Al Qassemi on Sunday took to Twitter to issue a rare voice of support for persecuted Uyghur Muslims in China’s Xinjiang region. Al Qassemi, who…
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Is human-imposed isolation in China, Gaza & Kashmir backfiring?
Hyderabad: Nearly one billion people are in lockdown across the world. From Rome to New York to Paris people across the world are confined to their homes this weekend, as…
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Uighur Muslims tracked systematically, leaked data shows
Xinjiang: The leak of the database from sources in the Uighur exile community follows the release in November of a classified blueprint on how the mass detention system really works.…
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Don’t label all Uighurs as ‘terrorists’: Turkey tells China
Ankara: Turkey’s foreign minister on Sunday said China should not label all Muslim ethnic Uighurs as terrorists, following talks with his Chinese counterpart in Germany. UN experts believe China is…
- World
Pak PM doesn’t know about China’s persecution of Uighur Muslims
Davos: Turning a blind eye on the Chinese persecution of millions of Uighur Muslims, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan one again drew a blank when asked about conditions of minorities…
- World
Hundreds of Indonesians hold solidarity rally for Uighurs
JAKARTA: Hundreds of Muslims in Indonesia held a protest Friday against China’s treatment of Muslim Uighurs in Xinjiang in front of China’s embassy in Jakarta. The rally was organised by hardline Islamic…
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Children as well as Uighur women victimized in China
Xinjiang: China’s blatant human rights violations against its minority Uighur Muslim population keep reaching new heights. Reminiscent of the indoctrination camps in George Orwell’s dystopian book 1984 that sought to mould anybody…
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After China, US teen criticises CAA in viral skincare video
NEW DELHI: Remember US teen of Afghan origin, Feroza Aziz, who went viral a month ago with her unconventional TikTok ‘makeup tutorial’ condemning China’s crackdown on Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang. This 17-year-old Human Rights activist is…
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Ex Arsenal manager defends Ozil over Uighur Muslims comment
DOHA: Former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has defended Mesut Ozil after comments made by the Gunners midfielder condemning treatment of Uighur Muslims led to a stinging backlash in China. Freedom…
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Mike Pompeo publicly supported Ozil over Uighur Muslims remark
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday denounced China for its heavy-handed actions against Arsenal over footballer Mesut Ozil’s support for incarcerated Uighurs, saying Beijing could not hide…
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China warns Arsenal of “serious implications” over Ozil’s tweet
BEIJING: Chinese state media warned Monday that Mesut Ozil‘s criticism of the country’s treatment of its Uighurs will have “serious implications” for Arsenal, stirring a backlash that saw the English…
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China’s inexcusable internment of Uighur Muslims
Frank F. Islam There has been much written and an outpouring of protests throughout 2019 against the Chinese internment of more than one million Uighur Muslims in the western Xinjiang…
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Footballer Mesut Ozil condemns Muslim silence over Uighurs
NEW DELHI: Arsenal’s Mesut Ozil, a German footballer of Turkish origin, on Friday expressed support for Uighurs in Xinjiang and criticised Muslim countries for their failure to speak up for…
- News
Chen Quanguo: Man behind China’s Xinjiang crackdown
BEIJING: The Chinese Communist Party official facing possible US sanctions for allegedly overseeing the mass detention of Muslims in Xinjiang region is a soldier-turned-politician known as a security enforcer. Chen…
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China may ban US officials entering Muslim majority Xinjiang
BEIJING: In retaliation to Uighur crackdown bill, China may soon be considering to ban all U.S. diplomats from entering Xinjiang, the region where more than a million Uighurs minorities are believed…
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TikTok, Huawei helping China against Uighur Muslims: Report
BEIJING: The surveillance technologies of Chinese tech giants, including ByteDance, the parent company of hugely popular dancing- and music-focused app TikTok, and Huawei technologies are helping the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)…
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China defends Xinjiang crackdown after criticism
BEIJING: China on Thursday defended its security crackdown in Xinjiang after French and German leaders condemned its mass detention of religious minorities in the region. The French foreign ministry on…
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TikTok apologises for removing viral Uighur ‘makeup tutorial’
BEIJING: Chinese-owned app TikTok has admitted it briefly removed a viral video that condemned Beijing’s crackdown on Muslims in Xinjiang and apologised to the US teen who posted the clip.…
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US teen’s TikTok video about China’s Muslim camps goes viral
WASHINGTON: A TikTok post by a young woman, pretending to give eyelash curling advice while actually condemning China’s crackdown on Muslims in Xinjiang, has gone viral on the Chinese-owned app…
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Secret documents reveal ‘cultural genocide’ of Uighur Muslims
Beijing: More than a million Uighurs, Kazakhs and other ethnic minorities have been detained by the Chinese government for what it calls voluntary job training. However, secret documents have revealed…
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Leaked files detail how China uses App ‘Zapya’ to target Muslims
BEIJING: A rare and huge leak of highly classified Chinese government documents has shed new light on a security crackdown in Xinjiang region, home to a mostly-Muslim ethnic minority called…
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Uighur Muslim wives forced to share bed while husband detained
BEIJING: In a startling revelation, Chinese authorities forced married Muslim women to regularly sleep in the same bed with officials while their husbands are being indoctrinated in re-education camps. According…
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China accused of ‘forced’ organ harvesting of minorities
China was accused of harvesting organs from prosecuted minority groups, during a United Nations Human Rights Council meeting earlier this week. The charge was brought by the China Tribunal, an…
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Saudi Arabia defend China over Xinjiang in UN letter
GENEVA: UN ambassadors from 37 countries, including Pakistan and Saudi Arabia released a letter Friday defending China’s treatment of Uighur and other minorities in the Xinjiang region, in direct response…
