Uyghurs
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China has sanctioned four Americans for criticising Beijing’s treatment of religious minorities.
An Arkansas man and three other Americans have been sanctioned by the Chinese government for accusing Beijing of persecuting its Uyghur community. Members of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, including James Carr of Searcy, have consistently decried the Communist government’s treatment of religious minorities, including the mostly Muslim Uyghurs.
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US has sanctioned China over its treatment of the Uyghurs
The US has launched a barrage of moves to condemn China’s treatment of the Uyghur minority, with legislators moving to stifle trade and imposing additional penalties on the Chinese government. The US Senate voted overwhelmingly to make the US the first country to prohibit practically all imports from China’s Xinjiang region due to worries about…
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‘China has a hidden prison in Dubai where Uyghurs are held.’
A young Chinese lady claims she was imprisoned for eight days at a Chinese-run secret detention facility in Dubai, along with at least two Uyghurs, in what could be the first evidence that China operates a “black site” outside its borders. Wu Huan, a 26-year-old Chinese lady, was on the run to avoid being extradited…
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Tibetans Hold Solidarity Protest Against Chinese Massacre of Uyghurs
Tibetan activists staged a silent protest in Zurich on Sunday to commemorate the 11th anniversary of the 2009 Urumqi massacre. They planned to hand over a letter of appeal and take a video statement in front of the Chinese consulate in Zurich but the Chinese consulate called the police on them, who stopped the activists…