7.2 quake strikes sparsely populated areas in Tajikistan, China
A nearly 7.2 magnitude earthquake shook a sparsely populated part of Tajikistan at 8:37 a.m. (0037 GMT) on Thursday. It
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Xinjiang
Global Car Supply Chains Entangled With Abuses in Xinjiang, Report Says
Many of those suppliers run through China, which has become increasingly vital to the global auto industry and the United
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Apartment fire leaves 10 dead in northwest China’s Xinjiang
Authorities reported that a fire in an apartment building in the Xinjiang region of northwest China has claimed the lives
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Fire Kills 10 in Xinjiang, Raising Questions About Lockdown
Ten people were killed and nine injured after a fire broke out in an apartment building in Xinjiang, a far
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UN Rights Body Should Debate Xinjiang Report
This week the credibility of the United Nations Human Rights Council is on the line over an extraordinarily modest request:
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China faces pressure at United Nations after Xinjiang report
Diplomats and human rights advocates are stepping up pressure on the United Nations to act over China’s treatment of the
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China: Xinjiang Official Figures Reveal Higher Prisoner Count
(New York) – The Chinese government has used its justice system to sentence and imprison an estimated half-million people during
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Australia: Act on China’s Abuses in Xinjiang
(Sydney) – The Australian government should take firm action in response to further evidence that the Chinese government is committing
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Rights experts urge China to address grave violations in Xinjiang province
Their statement follows the recent publication of a long-awaited report by the UN human rights office, OHCHR, which found that
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