Washington, July 21 (IANS) Over 50 Uyghur civil society organisations on Tuesday strongly condemned Beijing’s Law on the Promotion of Ethnic Unity and Progress (Ethnic Unity Law), urging the international community to take meaningful action to repeal the legislation. According to a joint statement, the law, which entered into force on July 1, 2026, is not a “technical administrative measure” but a “legislative instrument of forced assimilation”. It noted that the legislation explicitly…
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Washington, July 18 (IANS) The East Turkistan Government-in-Exile (ETGE) strongly condemned the recent engagement between China and Turkey, alleging that the growing cooperation has emboldened Beijing to intensify “colonial occupation” and “genocide” with impunity in East Turkistan, also known as the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.The remarks came following political consultations between Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Miao Deyu and Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Berris Ekinci in Beij…
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) How feasible the proposed China-Myanmar-Bangladesh Economic Corridor (CMBC) will be is a question being raised by certain sections in Dhaka, as per reports.China has already involved itself in infrastructure projects under the ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Afghanistan in the region, where progress has been mixed. Beijing is facing credibility issues due to unfulfilled promises and local resistance.The CMBC has introduced anot…
Canberra, June 30 (IANS) China’s ‘Ethnic Unity and Progress Law’, which is set to come into effect July 1, transforms decades of assimilationist practices into law, Kyinzom Dhongdue, Strategy and Advocacy Manager at Amnesty International Australia, highlighted on Tuesday. Dhongdue stated that the law requires fostering what the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has described as a “common consciousness of the Chinese nation” in all areas, including family, culture, religion, education, history, t…
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) The proposed China–Myanmar–Bangladesh Economic Corridor (CMBEC) is another attempt at Beijing trying to reshape South Asia’s connectivity trying to strengthen its Belt and Road footprint and direct access to the Indian Ocean.Additionally, alongside Gwadar Port in Pakistan and Hambantota Port in Sri Lanka, Chinese presence in Bangladesh’s Mongla and Chittagong Ports is an effort at furthering Beijing’s “string of pearls” strategy, surrounding India’s maritime sphere….
Geneva, Feb 28 (IANS) United Nations experts expressed serious concern over 40 Uyghur men who were forcibly deported to China by Thai authorities a year ago under pressure from Beijing, as their current whereabouts, health and fate remain unknown.“The disappearances reflect a broader pattern of transnational repression targeting ethnic and religious minorities and individuals perceived to be critical of the Chinese Government,” the experts said.They highlighted that, on February 27, 2025, Th…
Dhaka, Feb 3 (IANS) For years, Beijing’s mouthpieces dismissed testimonies from minority groups across China, including Uyghur, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, and Tibetan survivors as fabrications, cast satellite images as misinterpretations, and labelled leaked documents as forgeries, while mocking the evidence as “Western propaganda”. That argument has collapsed, with the United Nations — an institution they once invoked as the ultimate neutral party — confirmed the central reality: “China’s labour t…
Beijing, Jan 27 (IANS) The Uyghur minority in China has faced severe restrictions under the policies of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) since 2014, following Beijing’s launch of mass arrest campaigns under the ‘Strike Hard Campaign Against Violent Terrorism’. This campaign has enabled crimes against humanity, especially targetting the Turkic Muslim population of Xinjiang, a report said on Tuesday. Citing reports from various organisations, including Stanford Law School’s Human Rights and C…
New York, Jan 10 (IANS) US-based advocacy group Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged the Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to make human rights abuses by Chinese authorities a central focus of his China visit scheduled for January 13-17. According to HRW, Carney’s trip to China — the first by a Canadian Prime Minister in more than eight years — comes amid strained Canada-China relations as Chinese President Xi Jinping has intensified repression both at home and abroad.The Chinese government…