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Chinese policy in Xinjiang doesn't allow 'anyone' to cross borders, says
Updated : 1 month ago IST
In an interview with the US state broadcaster, he explained that "the first priority of the Chinese policy on passports in Xinjiang is to not let anyone cross borders and to keep everyone intact inside the region."
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Protests held across US over China's human rights abuses
Updated : 1 month, 4 weeks ago IST
Condemning the Chinese government's rights abuses, various ethnic groups including members of the Tibetan and Uyghur community protested in cities on the West Coast of the United States.
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Japanese PM's special aide meets Uyghur delegation
Updated : 2 months ago IST
Nobuo is a former Defense Minister of Japan and the brother of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated earlier this year.
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74 pc of Bangladeshis think that Chinese govt is repressive towards Uighur
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], October 23 (ANI): As many as 74 percent of Bangladeshi citizens think that the Chinese government is repressive towards Uyghur Muslims while 24 per cent think that they are being persecuted just because of their religious identity, according to a survey.
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US policy on Tibet has lost its way, say US lawmakers
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Washington [US], October 20 (ANI): The US policy on Tibet has lost its way and two prominent lawmakers --- Chairman of the House Rules Committee Jim McGovern, and Lead Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee Michael McCaul --- wish to change that.
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Biden, Erdogan slammed for "failure" to adequately address China's rights
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Washington [US], September 22 (ANI): The Washington-based East Turkistan Government-in-Exile has rebuked US President Joe Biden and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, accusing that the two leaders did not adequately address the issues of the minority community in China's Xinjiang region
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Rights groups demand action against China after release of UN report on Xi
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Munich [Germany], September 1 (ANI): A group of 60 Uyghur organizations from 20 countries are calling for an immediate response to put an end to atrocities against Uyghurs, following the release of a report by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).
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New US bill to thwart China's attempts to rewrite history of Tibet
Updated : 6 months, 1 week ago IST
Washington [US], August 1 (ANI): A bill introduced in Congress last month intends to take concrete action to resolve China's decades-long illegal occupation of Tibet by fully recognizing Tibet's unresolved status and targeting China for violating the Tibetan people's right to self-determinat
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New study highlights Xinjiang paramilitary group's 'central role' in Uyghu
Updated : 6 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Beijing [China], July 27 (ANI): A new paper has revealed fresh evidence detailing the role of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC) in implementing the Chinese government's brutal campaign of persecution against the Uyghurs and other ethnic and religious minorities in the Xin
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Prominent former Tibetan political prisoner Jigme Gyatso dies
Updated : 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 10 (ANI): Jigme Gyatso, a prominent former political prisoner, died on July 2, according to the Washington-based advocacy group International Campaign for Tibet (ICT).
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8th World Parliamentarians' Convention on Tibet to begin today in Washingt
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Washington [US], June 22 (ANI): The eighth World Parliamentarians' Convention on Tibet (WPCT) will be held in Washington, DC. from June 22 to 23 to gather the world leaders in expressing concern over human rights violations and religious repression in Tibet.
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UN rights chief must seize opportunity to address rights abuses in Xinjian
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Beijing [China], May 24 (ANI): As the UN's long-awaited trip got underway, the rights group urged the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to address crimes against humanity and gross human rights violations when her team visits China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region this wee
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