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Scandasia. 28 September 2021

Below is an article published by Scandasia. Photo:TORMOD STRAND / NRK.

Norwegian authorities have received around 80 applications for asylum from Chinese citizens this month at the national reception center in Råde, Norway. According to NRK they’re all members of China’s persecuted Uighur minority and have arrived in Norway from Turkey.

RFA. 27 September 2021

Below is an article published by RFA. Photo:AFP.

A prominent Uyghur businessman and philanthropist was tortured and died in a prison in northwestern China’s Xinjiang region, local officials in the region and friends of the deceased man who live abroad told RFA last week.

Politco. 25 September 2021

Below is an article published by Politco. Photo:AFP.

Germany is launching an investigation into the cybersecurity of certain Chinese mobile phones.

A spokesperson for the German Federal Office for Information Security confirmed the launch of the probe to the newswire DPA, according to news portal Tagesschau.  

EU Reporter. 25 September 2021

Below is an article published by EU Reporter. Photo:AFP.

If the English word ‘Hypocrisy’ ever required an example, there could be no better contender than Pakistan with its Prime Minister Imran Khan as the chief protagonist holding the coveted crown. Imran khan is vocal on Kashmir at United Nations General Assembly in New York, but silent on atrocities by China on Uyghurs – writes Romesh Chaudhry

WION. 26 September 2021

Below is an article published by WION. Photo:AFP.

Human rights activists on Thursday called on China to release an Uyghur scholar, who was sentenced seven years ago to life in prison for “separatism,” for raising his voice against discrimination against Uyghurs in northwest China’s Xinjiang region, according to a media report.

The New York Times. 23 September 2021

Below is an article published by The New York Times. Photo:Jim Huylebroek for The New York Times.

Ibrahim’s parents fled political turmoil in China for Afghanistan more than 50 years ago. At that time, Mao Zedong had unleashed the Cultural Revolution, and life was upended for many Uyghurs, the mostly Muslim ethnic group in Xinjiang that included Ibrahim’s parents.

Amnesty International. 22 September 2021

Below is an article published by Amnesty International. Photo:AFP.

Idris Hasan has been detained at China’s request for two months

“I fear that if my husband is sent back to China, I will never see him again” – Zaynura Hasan

The Moroccan authorities must not transfer Idris Hasan, an ethnic Uyghur who was detained in the country, to China where he is at risk of torture, Amnesty International said ahead of his extradition hearing tomorrow (Wednesday 22 September).

Politco. 22 September 2021

Below is an article published by Politco. Photo:AFP.

Lithuania’s Defense Ministry advised against purchasing Chinese mobile phones and recommended that people discard any they might have now following a government report that censorship abilities had been installed in the phones.

Sight Magazine. 20 September 2021

Below is an article published by Sight Magazine. Photo:An artist’s image of Dr Gulshan Abbas.

On 10th September, 2018, the family of retired Uighur doctor Gulshan Abbas lost contact with her after she disappeared from her residence in Urumqi in China’s Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR). For years their desperate search for answers was met with silence, with last week marking the third anniversary of her disappearance.

In December, 2020, her family learned that she had been sentenced to 20 years in prison on unfounded charges of terrorist activities. In a telling indicator of the challenges faced in getting information out of the region, the trial had actually taken place in secret in March, 2019, a full 21 months before Dr Abbas’ family learned of its outcome.

RFA. 20 September 2021

Below is an article published by RFA. Photo:Reuters.

Dolkun Isa, the president of the Munich-based (WUC) exile group, has been turned away at the airport in the Turkish capital Ankara and flown back to Germany Monday, two weeks after he learned that a travel ban against him had been lifted, he and his lawyer said.