China sets up new county in Xinjiang near PoK, Afghan borderChina has created a new county named Cenling in Xinjiang. This area is strategically located near Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Afghanistan...
12 Apr, 2026, 04.11 PM IST
China's expanding surveillance state and crackdowns draw global scrutinyConcerns grow over China's global surveillance technology and repression of Uyghurs. The World Uyghur Congress highlighted these issues. Ac...
11 Apr, 2026, 03.56 PM IST
Canada and US offered Uyghurs in Thailand asylum before deportation to China, sources sayCanada and the US offered to resettle 48 Uyghurs held in Thailand, but Bangkok declined to avoid upsetting China and deported them to China...
05 Mar, 2025, 02.21 PM IST
Uyghurs detained in Thailand say they face deportation, persecution in ChinaUyghur men detained in Thailand for over ten years face deportation to China. Activists and family members fear abuse and torture if they a...
11 Jan, 2025, 09.06 PM IST
Uyghur-American politician calls out China's alleged trade in 'Halal Organs'In March, during a US congressional committee hearing, experts had claimed that Chinese authorities had gathered genetic information from t...
24 Jun, 2024, 02.35 PM IST
Abuduwaili Abudureheman: Human rights group claim Uyghur student goes missing, Hong Kong denies detaining allegationsAbuduwaili Abudureheman, who is Uyghur student and was born in Xinjiang in western China, has gone missing in Hong Kong, according to repor...
29 May, 2023, 05.29 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
Leaked documents show China's plan of Uyghur repressionThe files contain information about over 20,000 detained Uyghurs, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported.
30 Jun, 2022, 06.55 AM IST
Uyghur county in China has highest prison rate in the worldA list obtained and partially verified by the AP cites the names of more than 10,000 Uyghurs sent to prison in just Konasheher county alone...
16 May, 2022, 10.58 AM IST
China's Uyghur population control was genocide: ReportThe United States has called China's treatment of the Uyghurs genocide, and is mounting a diplomatic boycott of the upcoming Winter Olympic...
09 Dec, 2021, 08.07 PM IST
European Bangladesh Forum slams China for Uyghur treatmentSpeakers at a virtual conference on ‘China’s persecution of Uyghur Muslims: The silence of the World’ vehemently criticized the Chinese gov...
21 Mar, 2021, 08.01 PM IST
China has a long history of Uyghur discrimination: ActivistsThe meeting held on Thursday was organized by the Europe-based Diaspora organization, European Bangladesh Forum (EBF) in collaboration with...
21 Nov, 2020, 04.08 PM IST
Dhaka, Nepal, New York & Tokyo witness major anti-China protests on Uyghur issueProtestoes are demanding that a UN fact-finding team should be allowed to visit various detention camps, stop harassment of Uyghur Muslims,...
13 Nov, 2020, 12.25 PM IST
Uyghur rights body asks UN to declare atrocities on community as genocideThe Campaign for Uyghurs has released a report titled ‘Genocide in East Turkistan’ in which it has highlighted how the Chinese government h...
10 Jul, 2020, 12.00 AM 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
India should teach China democracy: Dolkun IsaUyghur activist Dolkun Isa spoke about Islam and exclusion amongst Uyghurs and how democracies are overlooking violations of Uyghur rights.
08 Jun, 2016, 12.00 PM IST
India cancels visa for Uyghur dissident Dolkun IsaTalking to ET over phone from Berlin, Dolkun Isa alleged that both Uyghurs and Tibetans are victims of human rights violations for decades.
26 Apr, 2016, 01.22 AM IST