BJP banks on Turks, Pathans to win RampurThe party has been carrying out Pasmanda Sammelans in different parts of the state for over a month. Earlier this month it held a similar m...
24 Nov, 2022, 12.33 PM IST
Chinese spyware targets Uyghurs through apps: reportUyghurs are a Turkic Muslim minority predominantly in China's northwestern region of Xinjiang, where a recent UN report said Beijing may ha...
11 Nov, 2022, 11.35 AM IST
Biden, Erdogan slammed for "failure" to adequately address China's rights abuses at UNGAOn Tuesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan also made brief comments on the issue of Uyghurs during his speech addressing the UNGA.
22 Sep, 2022, 01.10 PM IST
China threatens 'countermeasures' if US boycotts OlympicsCNN and NBC cited unnamed sources Sunday as saying the diplomatic boycott -- meaning no US government officials would attend the Games, but...
06 Dec, 2021, 10.49 PM IST
India condemns abuse of UN platform by Pakistan to propagate false, malicious propaganda against itAt the meeting of the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly that deals with Social, Humanitarian & Cultural issues, Sharma spoke after...
22 Oct, 2021, 09.10 PM IST
UN rights chief seeks Xinjiang visit this year, says Hong Kong trials key testBachelet is under growing pressure from Western states to secure unfettered access to Xinjiang, where activists say more than 1 million Uyg...
21 Jun, 2021, 10.41 PM IST
China announces new rules for Muslims visiting Saudi Arabia for HajChina since last year faced severe international criticism, including from the UN and western countries, over allegations that it is holdin...
12 Oct, 2020, 06.46 PM IST
Thousands of mosques in Xinjiang demolished in recent years, says latest reportRights groups say more than one million Uighurs and other mostly Muslim Turkic-speaking people have been incarcerated in camps across the n...
25 Sep, 2020, 12.58 PM IST
World Uyghur Congress complains to IOC on 2022 winter Olympics in BeijingEvidence submitted along with the Complaint from numerous sources proves that a number of crimes against humanity are taking places such as...
14 Aug, 2020, 11.25 AM IST
US enacts law to safeguard rights of Uyghurs in ChinaThe law represents a broad bipartisan commitment by the U.S. government to address one of the worst ongoing human rights crises in the worl...
18 Jun, 2020, 05.27 PM IST
US Congress passes Uyghur bill; China threatens possible retaliationThe US House of Representatives on Tuesday passed the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act, which among other things, proposes that America redir...
04 Dec, 2019, 05.41 PM IST
China warns foreign diplomats against supporting UyghursChina maintains that it has lodged Uyghurs and others at “campuses” it has set up for vocational training to counter radicalisation.
03 Apr, 2019, 08.51 AM IST
PLA, Pakistan troops launch 1st joint border patrols near XinjiangThis is the first time China-Pakistan began joint patrols in recent years though Chinese troops have been conducting patrols in the area si...
21 Jul, 2016, 05.54 PM IST
Chinese city of Urumqi in restive Muslim region bans burqaChina today banned burqas in public places in the capital of its Muslim-majority Xinjiang region which is often hit by separatist violence.
10 Jan, 2015, 09.28 PM IST
Terror fear? China city bans beards, veils in busesThe ban disallows people in this group from using facilities like buses and other means of public transport and has been effective since Mo...
07 Aug, 2014, 12.44 PM IST
Dozens killed in a major terrorist attack in XinjiangA gang armed with knives attacked a police station and government offices in Elixku Township in Shache County, Kashgar Prefecture.
29 Jul, 2014, 08.19 PM IST
Terror emanating from 'neighbourhood' affected India,China: PM Manmohan SinghSingh made the remark without naming any country while addressing future leaders at the Chinese Communist Party's Central Party School here.
24 Oct, 2013, 05.24 PM IST