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Big News Network. 4 October 2021

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Paris [France], October 3 (ANI): More than 2000 people gathered in Paris on October 2 and demonstrated against the ongoing rights violations of Uyghurs in Xinjiang by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

AlJazeera. 29 September 2021

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Japan’s former Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida has won the ruling party’s leadership election, virtually ensuring that he will become the country’s next prime minister.

Kishida won 257 votes in a runoff on Wednesday to defeat Taro Kono, a popular vaccines minister who previously held the positions of defence and foreign minister.

RFA. 29 September 2021

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With Koranic recitations and the raising of the blue and white crescent moon and star East Turkestan flag, Uyghurs in Canada opened a mosque and community center on the outskirts of Toronto in a renovated 150-year-old Roman Catholic Church to serve a community of 2,000 members of the Turkic ethnic group.

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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).