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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
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
