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Kazakhstan says China allowing 2,000 ethnic Kazakhs to leave Xinjiang

ASTANA (TCA) — The Foreign Ministry of Kazakhstan says that China is allowing more than 2,000 ethnic Kazakhs to renounce their Chinese citizenship and leave the country. Continue reading

Kyrgyzstan: Protesters rally against Chinese migrants

BISHKEK (TCA) — Some 300 activists gathered in the center of the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek, on January 7 to protest against what they called the increasing number of Chinese migrants in Kyrgyzstan, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reported. Continue reading

China opposes defamation of counter-extremism efforts in Xinjiang

BISHKEK (TCA) — China firmly opposes officials and media of certain countries "politicizing and stigmatizing" the efforts and measures taken by China to fight terrorism and eliminate extremism in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said as reported by Xinhua news agency. Continue reading

Kyrgyzstan: Protesters rally outside Chinese embassy against Xinjiang ‘reeducation camps’

BISHKEK (TCA) — Several dozen activists demonstrated on December 20 in front of the Chinese Embassy in Kyrgyzstan’s capital, Bishkek, to denounce the "persecution" of the indigenous communities in China’s northwestern region of Xinjiang, including ethnic Kyrgyz, Kazakhs, and Uyghurs, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reported. Continue reading

Kyrgyzstan: Protesters call on UN to help oppressed in China’s Xinjiang

BISHKEK (TCA) — About two dozen Kyrgyz activists have demonstrated in front of the United Nations' office in Bishkek, demanding immediate action to help the multiethnic indigenous community in China’s northwestern region of Xinjiang, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reported. Continue reading

Committee to protect Kyrgyz people in China’s Xinjiang established in Bishkek

BISHKEK (TCA) — A committee to protect ethnic Kyrgyz in China has been established in Kyrgyzstan amid fresh reports of further repression by Beijing of the multiethnic indigenous community in China’s northwestern region of Xinjiang, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reported. Continue reading