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China's 'one language' push with nationalism law sparks concern for minorities

China's President Xi Jinping pours tea at the National People's Congress in Beijing.

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Updated on Mar 14, 2026 03:18 pm IST

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Leaked 'Xinjiang police files' had revealed Uyghur detention camps in China. (File photo.)

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Updated on Dec 24, 2025 11:56 am IST

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Published on Sept 08, 2025 09:20 pm IST

US gives nod to Syria to bring foreign jihadist ex-rebels into army

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Updated on Oct 06, 2025 09:59 pm IST

US bill seeks fast asylum process for Uyghurs facing persecution in China

FILE PHOTO: Suspected Uyghurs are transported back to a detention facility in the town of Songkhla in southern Thailand after visiting women and children at a separate shelter March 26, 2014.

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Updated on Mar 27, 2025 04:07 pm IST

Thai delegation visits Uyghurs, seeking to quell fears of mistreatment in China

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Updated on Mar 19, 2025 04:06 pm IST

Canada and US offered Uyghurs in Thailand asylum before deportation to China, sources say

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Published on Mar 05, 2025 11:08 am IST

Thailand deports dozens of Uyghurs to China

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Updated on Feb 27, 2025 05:39 pm IST

Syria's new president meets Chinese envoy for first time since Assad's fall

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Published on Feb 21, 2025 09:13 pm IST

China jails Uyghur woman for 17 years over religious teaching to sons: Report

The sentencing occurred in Kashgar’s Konasheher county and is part of a wider campaign against religious expression in Xinjiang, where Uyghurs face growing penalties for practising their faith. (Pic for representation)

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Published on Jan 11, 2025 04:25 pm IST

China sanctions 2 Canadian groups over Uyghur, Tibet

China said on Sunday that it was retaliating against 20 Canadians and two Canadian organisations that deal with human rights concerns pertaining to Tibet and the Uyghurs.

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Published on Dec 22, 2024 04:24 pm IST

China is using archaeology as a weapon

Photograph of the Qigexing Buddhist Temple Ruins, southwest of the town of Yanqi, Yanqi Hui Autonomous County, Xinjiang, China.

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Published on Jul 20, 2024 08:00 am IST

China rejects key Western calls for human-rights reforms at UN meeting

The U.N. review of China is not unique and all countries undergo the process every few years at the council - the only intergovernmental body designed to protect human rights worldwide. (File/Reuters)

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Published on Jul 04, 2024 11:57 pm IST

'Very strong' 7.1 magnitude quake in China kills three

Rescue workers search for missing victims at a damaged house following a landslide in Liangshui village at Zhaotong, in southwestern China's Yunnan province. (AFP)

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Published on Jan 24, 2024 12:29 am IST

US bans imports from China-based printer maker over rights abuse of Uyghurs

US President Joe Biden with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

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Published on Jun 09, 2023 10:47 pm IST

Volkswagen stands firm on China's Xinjiang plant amid Uyghur activist's protest

Oliver Blume, chief executive officer of Volkswagen AG (VW), speaks at the Volkswagen AG annual general meeting (AGM) in the CityCube Berlin conference centre in Berlin, Germany, on Wednesday, May 10, 2023.

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Published on May 10, 2023 08:39 pm IST

Uyghurs stage anti-China protest in London, seek global attention

Members of Uyghur committee stage protest in London.

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Published on Apr 06, 2023 05:38 pm IST

Joe Biden's Ramadan wish has special mention of China's Uyghurs

US President Joe Biden.

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Published on Mar 23, 2023 08:32 am IST

Uyghurs mark East Turkestan formation, say will strive for freedom from China

The meeting attended by 800-900 Uyghurs accused China of carrying out a genocidal policy against the members of the community.

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Published on Nov 14, 2022 10:10 am IST

Chinese spyware using tech to spy on Uyghur Muslims, claim experts

For years, China has engaged in mass monitoring of Uyghurs in Xinjiang.

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Published on Nov 11, 2022 12:37 pm IST

Uyghurs urge UN rights chief to ask hard questions in Xinjiang

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Published on May 24, 2022 04:51 am IST

US sanctions China, imposes new trade curbs over Uyghur rights

The US Senate unanimously voted to make the United States the first country to ban virtually all imports from China's northwestern Xinjiang region over concerns of the prevalence of forced labor.

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Published on Dec 17, 2021 04:57 am IST

China retaliates after EU sanctions 4 officials over abuses against Uyghurs

Protesters hold banners to support Uyghurs minorities in Nantes, western France, on March 19.

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Published on Mar 22, 2021 11:02 pm IST

Apple is said to cut off component maker China’s Ofilm over Xinjiang labour

Many companies have alleged that Apple’s App Store fees and rules deprive consumers of choices and push up the price of apps.

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Published on Mar 17, 2021 01:39 pm IST

Pompeo slams China’s treatment of Uyghurs, compares it to Nazi Germany

In an interview with Rob Schmitt of ‘Wake Up America’, Pompeo lambasted China for treating a million Uyghur Muslims in ways that are just absolutely devastating and equated it with Nazi’s Germany ethnic cleansing of the Jews in the 1930s.

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Updated on Dec 15, 2020 01:50 pm IST

Uyghurs in ‘re-education camps’ forced to eat pork on Fridays as China pushes to expand pig farms in Xinjiang

The Uyghur Muslims in Chinese “re-education” camps are forced to eat pork every Friday, confirmed Sayragul Sautbay, who was one of the victims of the atrocities being committed by the Chinese government

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Updated on Dec 04, 2020 06:03 pm IST