Tag: Xinjiang
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Thousands of people are forced out of their homes after 7.1 quake
As aftershocks continued to rock western China yesterday, more than 12,000 people were staying in tents and other shelters, lighting bonfires to fend off the freezing ... -
UN rights body rejects Western bid to debate alleged Xinjiang abuses
In a close diplomatic victory for China, the U.N.’s top human rights body today [Thursday] voted down a proposal from Britain, Turkey, the United States and ... -
Xinjiang | Authorities punish officials for abuses in arranging pilgrimages
Thirty-two officials in far-western China have been punished over alleged bribe-taking, nepotism or other wrongdoing in the choosing of people for over-subscribed Muslim pilgrimages to the holy city ...
