Tag: Uyghur Muslims

More than 40 experts, comprising U.N. special rapporteurs, independent experts and members of working groups under the U.N. Human Rights Council, issued their call in response to a damning report issued on August 31

Chinese authorities have banned the use of the Uyghur language in schools and government complexes as part of their efforts to diminish the culture and traditions of the largely Muslim community, RFA reported.

New Delhi/Beijing: Justifying its internment camps for Uyghur Muslims, the Chinese Communist Party regime has admitted that it has subjected, on an average around 1.3 million people to re-education since 2014. The Xi Jinping government issued a ‘white paper’ titled ‘Employment and Labour Rights in Xinjiang’ published by its State Council Information Office. Though the […]

Thiruvananthapuram: President of the World Uyghur Congress, Dolkan Isa, who is in exile in Germany has said that the Muslim population of China are not even allowed fasting in the holy month of Ramzan and are “forcefully fed through community kitchens”. Isa said this while taking part in a webinar “Uyghur Muslims and their Human […]

New Delhi: Twitter has locked the official account of China’s Embassy in the US over a controversial post that referred to Muslim Uyghur women as “baby-making machines” prior to government intervention. The tweet was originally shared on January 7. The micro-blogging platform removed the tweet, with a notification that it is no longer available. Now, […]

Brussels: The European Union (EU) is sanctioning China for human rights abuses against the Uyghur ethnic minority, an informed source from the 27-member bloc said on Monday. The source told dpa news agency that the decision came following an agreement from the bloc’s Foreign Ministers. The last time the EU imposed punitive measures on Beijing […]