Uyghurs

(File) Ethnic Uighur minority people walk in Dabazha or Grand Bazaar in Urumqi city, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Province, China. Photo: EPA
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31 August 2023
Amnesty calls for action on rights in China's Xinjiang
People walk past a Nike store in a shopping area of Sanlitun in Beijing, China. Photo: EPA
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12 July 2023
Canada watchdog probes Nike over Uyghur forced...
Sporting giant Nike and mining company Dynasty Gold are being investigated in Canada over...
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24 April 2023
Can't call home: Uyghurs in US seek solace...
At a weekend school in the US state of Virginia, language classes serve a dual purpose...
Dolkun Isa, President of World Uyghur Congress. Photo: EPA
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24 March 2023
China tries to block prominent Uyghur speaker at...
China attempted Thursday to block a prominent Uyghur activist from speaking at the UN...
Police officers confront a man as they block Wulumuqi street, named for Urumqi in Mandarin, in Shanghai on November 27, 2022, in the area where protests against China's zero-Covid policy took place the night before following a deadly fire in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang region. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)
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13 December 2022
China protests shine light on limits of Uyghur...
Their deaths in a fire triggered China's biggest protests in generations, but few people...
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28 October 2022
Forgotten Uyghurs locked up in Thailand face...
Almost a decade after fleeing from China, more than 50 Uyghurs are languishing in Thai...
Ethnic Uighurs take part in a protest march asking for the European Union to call upon China to respect human rights in the Chinese Xinjiang region. Photo: AFP
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05 September 2022
'Genocide' in China’s Xinjiang? Why UN...
The UN report detailing serious rights abuses by China in its Xinjiang region found...
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02 September 2022
UN report on Xianjing "crimes against...
"It's a very strong report that accurately reflects the scope and the severity of Chinese...
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01 September 2022
Uyghur Human Rigths Group considers UN Xinjiang...
Senior Program Officer with the Uyghur Human Rights Project, Pete Irwin, considers the...
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01 September 2022
UN report evidence of 'grave human rights...
Amnesty International Australia campaigner Nikita White reacts to a UN investigation into...
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01 September 2022
China slams UN Xinjiang report as 'political...
China slams a UN report on its Xinjiang regoin as a 'political tool' being used against...
This undated handout image released by The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation on May 24, 2022, shows SWAT team 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 September 2022
UN report lists litany of rights abuses in China...
The United Nations released a bombshell report late Wednesday into serious human rights...
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19 June 2022
Uyghur-heritage candidate urges Japan to '...
Arfiya Eri is a young, female, multilingual former United Nations official, all of which...

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