China's Xinjiang region

Twenty-two miners were brought to the surface but 18 remain trapped. Photo: AFP
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26 December 2022
Eighteen trapped in Xinjiang gold mine collapse
This undated handout image released by The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation on May 24, 2022, shows police personnel engaged in an apparent anti-escape or anti-riot drill at the Tekes County Detention Centre in the Xinjiang Region of western China in February 2018. Photo: AFP
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01 November 2022
50 countries at UN condemn Xinjiang rights abuses
Fifty countries on Monday signed onto a statement read during a UN debate that condemned...
Uyghur women wearing face masks hold placards and East Turkestan flags during a protest against China on the occasion of the International Women's Day near the Chinese Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, 08 March 2021. Photo: EPA
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09 October 2022
UN rights vote Pyrrhic victory for China, say...
The UN Human Rights Council damaged its credibility by dodging a discussion on Xinjiang,...
Members of the Muslim Uighur minority hold placards as they demonstrate to ask for news of their relatives and to express their concern about the ratification of an extradition treaty between China and Turkey at Uskudar square in Istanbul on February 26, 2021. Photo: AFP
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11 September 2022
UN rights council credibility at stake over China...
Faced with allegations of grave violations in China and Russia, the UN body created to...