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NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — Dozens of people rallied in Kazakhstan's largest city, Almaty, on July 12 demanding immediate release from house arrest of the leader of a group that raised concerns over the internment of ethnic Kazakhs in China's northwestern Xinjiang region, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reported. Continue reading
URUMQI (TCA) — A new air freight route was launched on July 4 linking Urumqi, the capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, and Almaty in Kazakhstan, China’s Xinhua news agency reported. Continue reading
NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — Pressed for information about what relatives and activists say is a crackdown on indigenous, mostly Muslim ethnic groups in China's northwestern province of Xinjiang, the Chinese ambassador to Kazakhstan angrily denied any wrongdoing by Beijing, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reported. Continue reading
BEIJING (TCA) — Human Rights Watch (HRW) says that the Chinese authorities are using a “mass surveillance” app to profile, investigate, and detain Muslims in the northwestern Chinese region of Xinjiang, RFE/RL reported. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — Members of China's Uyghur Muslim population continue to be subject to "egregious abuses" but the government in Beijing has faced few, if any, consequences, a bipartisan U.S. federal commission says in its 2019 annual report on religious freedom worldwide, RFE/RL reported. Continue reading
BEIJING (TCA) — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres discussed the plight of Muslims in China's northwestern Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in a recent meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, urging the Chinese leader to respect human rights, RFE/RL reported. Continue reading
