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US-based Muslim civil liberties organization urges Tesla to close showroom in Xinjiang
Washington: A major Muslim civil liberties organization in the United States has called on Tesla motors CEO Elon Musk to close a recently-opened showroom in China’s Xinjiang region, saying no American corporation…
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Uighurs in Afghanistan fear deportation to China
New York: Uighurs population in Afghanistan fears that they will be extradited to China after the Taliban takeover of the war-ravaged country. “The Uighurs in Afghanistan are just so scared. The Taliban…
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China carrying out ‘slow genocide’ of Uighurs in Xinjiang: Report
Beijing: Newly published research has provided compelling evidence that China is carrying out a slow genocide of the Uighur population, due to Beijing’s perception of the community as a national security threat.…
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‘Uighurs treated as 2nd class citizens by Communist Party of China’
New Delhi: Uighurs are treated as second class citizens by the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC), like the Palestinians who live in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and suffer from Israeli…
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Trump administration declares China’s atrocities against Uighurs as ‘genocide’
Washington: In a final blow to Beijing, the outgoing Trump administration on Tuesday (local time) determined that China has committed genocide against Muslim Uighurs and other ethnic and religious minority groups in…
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Uighur women not ’emancipated’ by forced abortions, sterilisations: Pompeo
Washington [US], January 12 (ANI): US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reacted sharply to Chinese Embassy tweet about Uighur women being “emancipated” from extremism and were no longer “baby-making machines”, stating that…
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Activists urge Turkey to protect Uighurs as China ratifies extradition treaty
Uighurs fear deportation and feel threatened as China ratifies extradition treaty with Turkey. Human rights group warn that this could endanger Uighur families. The treaty, first signed in Beijing in 2017 was…
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China criticises Pope Francis over comment on Uighur Muslim minority
Beijing: China criticised Pope Francis on Tuesday over a passage in his new book in which he mentions suffering by China’s Uighur Muslim minority group. Foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said Francis’ remarks…
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Uighur issue: More than 100 UK lawmakers condemn China
London: More than 100 British lawmakers signed a letter to the Chinese ambassador Wednesday condemning what they described as a systematic and calculated programme of ethnic cleansing against the Uighur people in China’s…
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Uyghur detention facilities found in Xinjiang’s Turpan
Washington: Detailed locations of as many as 15 detention camps for Uyghurs have been unearthed in Turpan city of the northwest Chinese province of Xinjiang, the region where several scenes of Disney’s…
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China advertises marriages to Uighur girls to attract men into Xinjiang
Washington: China has started the forced marriage game by advertising marriages to Uyghur women and girls to attract men into the Xinjiang or East Turkistan region of China, according to a report…
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China uses technology to wipe out Uighurs
Xinjiang: Over the years China has remodelled its tactics to wipe out the Uighur community. In recent years, the Beijing government has begun using technology to conduct its own kind of genocide.…
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Atrocities on Uighurs:British journalist shames Muslim countries
London: Highlighting the hypocrisy of Muslims-majority states like Pakistan for their silence over atrocities committed by Chinese Communist Party on Uighurs, British Journalist Nice Cohen said that Muslims in China suffer in…
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Leaked documents reveal ‘no mercy’ on Uighur Muslims: NYT
BEIJING: A rare and huge leak of Chinese government documents has shed new light on a security crackdown on Muslims in China’s Xinjiang region, where President Xi Jinping ordered officials to act…
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UN members split on China’s Uighur rights record
UNITED NATIONS: China’s mass detention and surveillance of ethnic Uighurs in Xinjiang province came under fire at the United Nations Tuesday, with 23 nations — mostly western — backing a British statement…
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