European Parliamentarians urge ICC prosecutor to open investigation on China’s genocide of UyghursThe MEPs have sent the letter following the recent report by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, which concluded that these acts “ma...
19 Sep, 2022, 09.58 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
USA describes Tibet as a military occupied territory; Dalai Lama urged to address US CongressEarlier this week the US House of Representatives passed a bill affirming the significance of the advocacy for genuine autonomy for Tibetan...
21 Nov, 2020, 10.05 AM IST
Inner Mongolia, Uyghurs launch fresh salvo against Han supremacyOn August 31, a protest broke out in Tongliao City. The Associated Press quoted a participant as saying that similar protests occurred in m...
11 Nov, 2020, 11.20 AM IST
Inner Mongolia, Uyghurs launch fresh salvo against Han supremacyProtests have been ongoing in recent months in Inner Mongolia over Beijing’s new education policy, which mandates a transition to the use o...
11 Nov, 2020, 11.06 AM 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
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
Trump says held off on Xinjiang sanctions over China trade deal: InterviewActivists say China has rounded up at least one million Uighurs and other Turkic peoples and is trying to forcibly assimilate them by wipin...
22 Jun, 2020, 01.31 PM 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
China says 13,000 'terrorists' arrested in Xinjiang since 2014Legal authorities have adopted a policy that "strikes the right balance between compassion and severity", the government said in its white ...
18 Mar, 2019, 09.33 AM IST
China arrests 21 for helping Uygurs travel abroad to join ISNine alleged militants from Xinjiang were intercepted while trying to leave China illegally via the Shanghai Pudong Airport in November.
14 Jan, 2015, 04.04 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
China slams US report on terrorism, terms it as 'irresponsible'Days after deadly knife and bomb attack in Xinjiang, China today slammed as "irresponsible" a US report criticising its lack of openness.
02 May, 2014, 04.19 PM IST
- China vows economic growth in restive Xinjiang
China's top leadership has decided to ramp up development in its restive Xinjiang region, state media said Friday, where ethnic Uighurs hav...
23 Apr, 2010, 04.12 PM IST