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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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Uighur issue: Hijab banned in de-radicalization centers
New Delhi: In Xinjiang Province of China, there are many de-radicalization centers in which the Muslims who wear Hijab or violate any rules of China are kept for brain washing. Xinjiang is…
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Even in death, Uighurs feel long reach of Chinese state
Shayar: China is destroying burial grounds where generations of Uighur families have been laid to rest, leaving behind human bones and broken tombs in what activists call an effort to eradicate the…
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US pressures China on Uighurs
United Nations: The United States ramped up pressure on China at the UN General Assembly Tuesday, rallying countries against Beijing’s treatment of Uighur Muslims and warning it is watching Hong Kong. President Donald Trump fired several…
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Uighur intellectual nominated for top European rights award
Europe’s top rights body, the Council of Europe, has nominated a jailed academic from China’s Uighur minority, Ilham Tohti, for one of the continent’s top human rights awards. The economics professor who…
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Islam forced on Uighurs, claims China
Beijing [China]: In a white paper, China on Sunday defended its policies and claimed that Islam was forced upon Uighurs — the ethnic community native to Xinjiang. “The Uighur people adopted Islam,…
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As China locks up Muslims, it opens its doors to tourists
KASHGAR: From the expansive dunes of the Taklamakan Desert to the snow-capped peaks of Tianshan, Chinese authorities are selling troubled Xinjiang as a tourist idyll, welcoming travellers even as they send locals…
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Erdogan says ethnic minorities live happily in Xinjiang: Chinese state media
Beijing: Chinese state media have said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told President Xi Jinping that ethnic minorities live happily in Xinjiang, in what would be a stark reversal of Ankara’s past…
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Malaysian minister criticised for Uighur camp visit
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia’s religious affairs minister came under fire Monday for describing a camp in China where ethnic Uighurs are held as a “vocational and training institution” during a visit. Chinese authorities…
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UN raises concern over UN counterterrorism official’s visit to China’s Xinjiang
Washington: The United States on Friday objected to a visit by the United Nations counterterrorism chief to China’s Xinjiang province, where around one million ethnic Uighurs and minority Muslims are reportedly held…
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Wrecked mosques, police watch: A tense Ramadan in Xinjiang
Hotan: The corner where Heyitkah Mosque in China’s restive Xinjiang region once hummed with life is now a concrete parking lot where all traces of the tall, domed building have been erased.…
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China says nearly 13,000 ‘terrorists’ arrested in Xinjiang since 2014
Beijing: China on Monday defended its controversial security crackdown in the fractious far west region of Xinjiang, saying nearly 13,000 “terrorists” have been arrested there since 2014. Beijing has come under international…
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Saudi crown prince says putting Uighur Muslims in concentration camps is Beijing’s ‘right’
Defending China’s use of concentration camps for Muslims, Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, on Friday defended saying it was Beijing’s “right”. As reported by the Telegraph, Chinese state television quoted…
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China’s treatment of Uighurs an ’embarrassment for humanity’: Turkey
Ankara: Turkey on Saturday condemned China’s treatment of its Muslim ethnic Uighur people as “a great embarrassment for humanity,” adding to rights groups’ recent criticism over mass detentions of the Turkic-speaking minority.…
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China’s Uighurs: Here’s why Imran Khan stays silent on mass detention of Muslims
Xinjiang [China]: Prime Minister of Pakistan, Mr. Imran Khan had raised voice against Rohingya Muslims and condemned Islamic world’s silence over the genocide of minorities in Myanmar. However, he decided to stay…
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China passed new law seeks to “Sinicize” Islam
BEIJING: China has passed new law that seeks to “Sinicize” Islam within the next five years. The move came after Chinese government officials met with representatives from eight Islamic associations, China’s main…
