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Human rights groups and outside experts say more than one million Uighurs and other mostly Muslim minorities have been rounded up in a network of internment camps across the far-western region. (Photo: AFP)

Leaked govt files show how China organised mass detention of Uighurs,...

Beijing denies any mistreatment of the Uighurs or others in Xinjiang.

18 Nov 2019 12:19 PM IST

China has faced growing international opprobrium for setting up facilities that United Nations experts describe as detention centres. (Photo:AP)

Since 2014, Xinjiang has arrested 13000 'terrorists', says China

Authorities in China have arrested almost 13,000 'terrorists' in Xinjiang since 2014

18 March 2019 2:34 PM IST

On February 15, China, which has been blocking efforts to get Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar sanctioned by the United Nations, had conveyed to India its condemnation of the Pulwama attack. (Photo: Twitter)

UN raises concern over counterterrorism official's visit to China's...

US Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan spoke with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to convey about Voronkov's...

16 Jun 2019 8:53 PM IST

Chinas close ally, Pakistan, is a Muslim country and one of the most powerful members of the OIC.

Pakistan turning blind eye to human rights abuses in Xinjiang: Experts

China's close ally, Pakistan, is a Muslim country and one of the most powerful members of the OIC.

21 July 2019 10:30 AM IST

The accused has been arrested. (Representational Image)

China looks for Uighurs in Egypt, where it's pouring billions into...

The Uighurs were split into two groups of 45 to 50 men each and languished in large cells for weeks.

18 Aug 2019 11:43 AM IST

A representative image of a protest over allegations against Apple supply chains using sweat shop labour to make their products (Photo | Flickr - Annette Bernhardt)

Apple, Sony using Uighur detainees in China factories, says Australian...

80,000 people from the ethnic minority interned in Xinjiang camps reported to have been transferred to factories...

2 March 2020 5:02 PM IST

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

Calls for UN probe on China's forced birth control on muslim women

A recent AP investigation had found Chinese government taking draconian measures to slash birth rates among Uighurs and...

1 July 2020 10:46 AM IST

Chinas image among the wider Muslim community around the world is important to Beijing as it pushes President Xi Jinpings Belt and Road initiative to invest billions of dollars building infrastructure linking Asia, Europe and Africa. (Photo: File)

Remain on high alert: Islamic official warns of creeping Islamisation'...

Islam in China must uphold the successful experience of becoming more Chinese.

10 March 2018 7:00 PM IST

Beijing strongly denies accusations of abuse in Xinjiang, and has said the complexes it set up in the region provided vocational training to help stamp out Islamist extremism and separatism, and to teach new skills. (Representatinal image : AP/file photo)

Women detained in China's Xinjiang allegedly raped, sexually abused:...

The United States accuses China of committing genocide against Uighurs in Xinjiang

4 Feb 2021 1:19 PM IST

The Taliban and ISIS fighters have regularly clashed since the latter gained a foothold in eastern Afghanistan in 2015, as the two vie for supremacy in the war-torn country. (Photo: AP)

China warns its citizens in Pakistan of possible Taliban attacks

The port and road-building projects in Balochistan province have come under frequent insurgent attacks.

8 Dec 2017 7:03 PM IST