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China and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have kicked off the second edition of their joint military drills, dubbed “Falcon Shield-2024”, in China’s northwestern Xinjiang province, The EurAsian Times reported yesterday. The air force exercises, which began in late June,…

The fight against forced labor in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is gaining momentum as the US strengthens enforcement and the EU grapples with an upcoming regulation. The US government has prioritized the aluminum sector for stricter enforcement under the…

No Uyghurs from China’s Xinjiang region participated in this year’s Hajj pilgrimage, Radio Free Asia reported yesterday. This comes as a result of China’s restrictions on religious practices among Uyghurs. Over 1.8 million people participated in the Hajj this year,…

The US State Department’s report on religious freedom accuses China of arresting thousands yearly for practicing religions seen as undermining the Communist Party, RFA reported yesterday. The report claims China forces religious groups to promote Party ideology and targets critics…

Canada’s Ambassador to China, Jennifer May, raised concerns about human rights abuses in Xinjiang during a recent visit to the region, Jurist News reported yesterday. According to a statement from Global Affairs Canada, May met with officials and discussed “credible…

Human Rights Watch (HRW) is raising alarm over China’s renaming of villages in Xinjiang, BBC reported in an article recently. The group alleges CCP has carried out a systematic effort to erase Uyghur Muslim culture through name changes. Their report,…

A Uyghur woman, Heyrinisa Memet, was sentenced to 14 additional years in jail just days after completing a 10-year sentence for teaching the Quran to teenagers at the request of neighbors, RFA reported today. Memet is one of several Uyghurs…

Despite China’s rejection of the European Union’s calls to stop alleged human rights violations in the country, the EU expressed deep concern about what it described as an extremely serious situation. In a statement followed by Shia Waves Agency, the…

As Muslims around the world celebrate the Eid al-Adha holiday, the Centre for Uyghur Studies has accused the Chinese government of intensifying its suppression of Islamic practices in the Xinjiang region, India Narrative reported in an article yesterday. Traditionally, Eid…

China’s prefectural Bureau of Ethnic and Religious Affairs has issued an “urgent public notice” authorizing surveillance of fasting among their schoolchildren as a further step in its crackdown on the Muslim minority, Foreign Policy revealed in an article published yesterday.…