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Chinese state media warned Monday that Mesut Ozils criticism of the countrys treatment of its Uighurs will have serious implications for Arsenal, stirring a backlash that saw the English football clubs weekend match pulled from Chinese TV. (Photo: Twitter)

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China media warns Arsenal of 'serious implications' over Mesut Ozil...

Ozil, a German national of Turkish origin, condemned China's crackdown on Muslim minorities in the western region of...

16 Dec 2019 1:38 PM IST

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan visits the Prophets Mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia (Photo: AP)

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Re-education', Chinese style

China is under stiff criticism for its alleged persecution of religious and ethnic minorities, especially Uighur...

15 Jan 2019 12:04 AM IST

$Shadowy \reeducation centres\ that have swept up the regions Uighur Muslim minority over fears of Islamic militancy crossing the border from Pakistan. (Photo: AFP)$ World

Chinese govt has destroyed graveyard of Uighur community: Historian

Chinese government has now destroyed central Uyghur graveyard in Khotan. It was also the site of several sacred...

13 Jun 2019 2:12 PM IST

Sam Brownback, Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom, departing after speaking during a news conference at the State Department in Washington, DC.(AFP)

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China hits top US officials with retaliatory sanctions over Uighur row

Human rights groups say China has rounded over one million Uighurs and other Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang in a vast...

13 July 2020 3:53 PM IST

US Customs and Border Protection detained a shipment of weaves believed to be made in a Chinese detention camp. The shipment is suspected to be human hair. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection via AP)

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Hair weaves suspected to be from Chinese detention camps seized

Recent reports say China has its ethnic minorities locked up in camps where they are subjected to ideological...

5 July 2020 12:58 PM IST

A man driving a vehicle in an ethnic Uighur neighbourhood in Aksu in the region of Xinjiang. (AFP)

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West sanctions China over Xinjiang abuses, Beijing hits back at EU

Western governments are seeking to hold Beijing accountable for mass detentions of Muslim Uighurs in northwestern China

23 March 2021 1:03 PM IST

It marked the first significant rebuke of Chinas rights record by the Trump administration, which has avoided harsh criticism of Beijing. (Photo: AP/Representational)

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US lists China among worst human trafficking offenders

In its annual Trafficking in Persons Report', the State Department said China is doing little to combat trafficking or...

28 Jun 2017 9:35 AM IST