Tag Archives: Xinjiang
UN chief rejects claim he didn’t condemn China over Muslims
:: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has strongly rejected claims by five human rights groups that he hasn’t condemned the Chinese government’s detention of more than a million Muslims in the Xinjiang region, saying he has spoken out forcefully. “I don’t
Muslims in China’s Xinjiang region ‘happiest in the world’
:: Muslims living in China’s far western region of Xinjiang are the happiest in the world and people should not believe the lies spread by extremists and their Western supporters, a senior official wrote on Friday in an unusually strongly
Britain finance chief slammed over visit to restive China region
Campaign groups on Wednesday condemned Britain’s finance minister for touting business opportunities ahead of human rights on a visit to China’s violence-wracked Xinjiang region. George Osborne pledged Britain would “support the growth” of the area, the homeland of the mostly-Muslim
Arrests in China’s mainly-Muslim Xinjiang nearly doubled in 2014: report
Arrests nearly doubled last year in China’s violence-torn, mainly Muslim Xinjiang region, state-run media reported Friday, adding that a crackdown has been extended to the end of this year. Prosecutors in the far-western area, home to China’s 10-million-strong Turkic-speaking and
China bans burqas in Xinjiang region
Muslim women in China’s Xinjiang region have been banned from wearing the burqa in public places, the government-run news website was quoted by local Tianshan News as reporting this week. The ban was first proposed in December by local legislators
China says dozens killed in Xinjiang attack
Report says men with knives attack police station in western region, leading to civilian casualties and deadly response. Dozens of people have been killed and injured in an attack in China’s far western Xinjiang region, home to the mainly Muslim
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