Uyghur Muslims
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Video of dancer in mosque raises Uyghur anxieties about China’s attacks on religion
New Delhi: A Chinese tourism advertisement portraying a medieval Buddhist fantasy, shot in the prayer hall of Xinjiang’s second-largest mosque, has alarmed the Uyghur diaspora, which is calling it a desecration, a…
- World
Former Uyghur Muslim preacher confirmed dead in prison in China’s Xinjiang
Washington: A Uyghur Muslim preacher, serving a five-year sentence in China’s far-western Xinjiang region for making a religious pilgrimage abroad, died of liver cancer in prison in February, according to a police…
- World
Police barricade street in Shanghai after two nights of protests
Taipei: Chinese police have barricaded a street in Shanghai where protesters have gathered for the last two nights in anticipation of further rallies against the governments rigid zero-Covid policies, according to a…
- Middle East
Uyghur community holds protests in Turkey against Chinese govt
Istanbul: Activists in Turkey came out in large numbers last week to support the Uyghur community in China’s Xinjiang province, who lost their lives in a residential building fire in Urumqi, local…
- World
Spyware connected to Chinese govt-backed hacking group targeting Uyghur Muslims
New York: Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a spyware campaign that is targeting the ethnic Uyghurs in China by “masquerading” as Android apps including messaging services, prayer time apps and dictionaries, according to…
- World
‘Xi’s 3rd term will likely mean more suffering for ethnic minority groups’
Beijing: Xi Jinping’s third term in office as Chinese Communist Party supreme leader will likely mean more suffering for ethnic minority groups in China, exiled activists warned in recent forums and interviews,…
- India
Anti-Uyghur Muslim crackdown: China silent on India’s abstention in UNHRC vote
Beijing: China on Saturday maintained silence on India’s abstention at the voting at the UNHRC on the human rights situation in Xinjiang, but defended its crackdown against Uyghur Muslims, saying it was…
- India
Oppn slams govt for abstaining on China’s Muslim Uyghur treatment
New Delhi: Opposition leaders on Friday criticised the government for abstaining from voting on a draft resolution in the UN Human Rights Council on holding a debate on the human rights situation…
- World
India abstains from voting for debate on China’s treatment of Muslim Uyghurs
Geneva: In a close diplomatic victory for China, the UN’s top human rights body on Thursday voted down a proposal from Britain, Turkey, the United States and other mostly Western countries to…
- World
Be patriotic, reorient Islam to Chinese conditions: Sr CCP official to China’s Muslims
Beijing: A top leader of the ruling Communist Party has asked China’s over 25 million Muslims to “uphold the banner of patriotism” and reorient Islam to adapt to Chinese conditions, amid Beijing’s…
- World
UN experts call for action on findings of Uyghur abuse in China
Geneva: A collection of human rights officials said the international community must not ignore the systematic abuses allegedly perpetrated against Uyghurs and other Turkic minorities in northwestern China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region…
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China dismisses growing calls to implement damning UN rights report on Xinjiang
Beijing: China on Friday brushed aside calls, including from UN chief Antonio Guterres, to implement the UN report accusing Beijing of “serious human rights violations” against Uygur Muslims in Xinjiang province, terming…
- World
China rejects UN report on Uyghur rights abuses in Xinjiang
Beijing: China has denounced a long-delayed U.N. report that was released over its protest and that says the government’s arbitrary detention of Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim ethnic groups in the western…
- World
China may have ‘committed crimes against humanity’ in Xinjiang: US
United Nations: A new UN report has revealed that the Chinese government might have “committed crimes against humanity” in the Xinjiang region, home to the ethnic Uyghur Muslims. Released on Wednesday, the…
- Middle East
‘Stop the Uyghur Genocide Now’: Rights Activists in Turkey to China
Istanbul: Uyghurs Rights Activists in Turkey, as part of a global campaign “Stand4Uyghurs” organized a protest to call out against the genocide being perpetrated against Uyghur Muslims in East Turkestan and chanted…
