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  China denies genocide allegations of Uighurs, Turkic-speaking Muslims in Xinjiang

  World | October 28, 2020 20:47 IST

  China on Wednesday refuted US senators' allegations that it is committing genocide against Uighurs and other Turkic-speaking Muslims in the restive Xinjiang province, asserting that the American lawmakers are obsessed with making up "lies" to "vilify" the country for selfish political gains. 

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  China using high-tech surveillance technologies to repress Uighurs, Muslim minority groups in Xinjiang: US

  World | December 06, 2018 10:53 IST

  The situation in resource-rich Xinjiang has been restive as the native Muslim Uighurs have been resisting increasing settlements of majority Han Chinese from other provinces.

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  Over one million Uighur Muslims held in secret China camps: UN panel

  World | August 12, 2018 1:45 IST

  The claim assumes significance as it comes at a time when the ethnic minority Hui Muslims are holding protest against the planned demolition of a mosque in the town of Weizhou in Ningxia.

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  China gives 'life sentence' to Uighur scholar for separatism

  World | September 24, 2014 10:46 IST

  Beijing: A life sentence given to a moderate Chinese scholar on Tuesday shows the ruling Communist Party is cutting off dialogue on ethnic tensions and could end up radicalizing minority groups already resentful of central