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BISHKEK (TCA) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has called on all countries to reject China's demand to repatriate ethnic Uyghurs to China, where they face repression, RFE/RL reported. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — The World Bank said in a statement on August 29 that there is no indication that World Bank resources made available to schools supported by the Bank’s Technical and Vocational Education Project in China’s Xinjiang were used for any other purposes than those agreed to under the project. Continue reading
NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — A prominent Kazakh activist on trial for inciting ethnic tensions has been released from police custody and fined the equivalent of nearly $300, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reported. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — China's northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region saw 107.9 billion yuan (about 15.5 billion US dollars) of imports and exports with member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in the first half of 2019, China’s Xinhua news agency reported on August 4. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — Ambassadors from 50 countries to the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) have co-signed a letter to the President of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) and the High Commissioner for Human Rights to voice their support for China's position on issues related to its Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China’s Xinhua news agency reported on July 27. Continue reading
URUMQI, Xinjiang (TCA) — A new cargo air route was launched this week linking Urumqi, the capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, and Uzbekistan’s capital Tashkent, China’s Xinhua news agency reported. Continue reading
