Human Rights

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  Human Rights

  2021-04-09

  Beijing turns Muslim suffering in Xinjiang into musical melodrama

  The musical film 'The Wings of Songs' is a tasteless attempt by China to try to reframe the regime's well documented abuses against Muslims in Xinjiang -- and no one is buying it.

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  Human Rights

  2021-03-25

  Foreign governments urged to retrieve citizens from Syria's al-Hol

  Human Rights Watch said governments must repatriate citizens linked to ISIS from Kurdish-run camps in north-eastern Syria, warning of dire consequences if nothing is done.

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  Human Rights

  2021-03-02

  UN report details decade of 'unimaginable suffering' for detainees in Syria

  Torture methods have included electric shock, the burning of body parts, pulling off nails and teeth, mock executions, and crucifying or suspending individuals from limbs for prolonged periods.

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  Human Rights

  2021-02-24

  China increasing prosecution, lengthening sentences of Uighur Muslims

  Those locked up in Xinjiang's prisons are 'ordinary people convicted for going about their lives and practicing their religion', according to Human Rights Watch.

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  Human Rights

  2021-02-22

  China deems Xinjiang rape, abuses as 'shining examples' of progress

  China's foreign minister declared at the UN that his country's systematic abuses of Muslims, which include gang rape, show Beijing's commitment to human rights progress.

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  Human Rights

  2021-02-11

  Iran's Sunni community blasts Islamic Republic's 'Muslim unity' claims

  Sunnis in Iran are excluded from holding senior positions in government and the regime bars them from repairing dilapidated mosques or building new ones.

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  Human Rights

  2021-02-05

  Muslim women recount China's campaign of systematic rape in Xinjiang

  One victim described witnessing a gang rape of a young woman whom camp staff brought before dozens of other detainees. Policemen took turns raping her in front of everyone.

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  Human Rights

  2021-01-12

  China spins population drop in Xinjiang to fit counter-extremism narrative

  Muslim women in Xinjiang are 'no longer baby-making machines' thanks to the eradication of extremism, Chinese diplomats say. Forced sterilisation is at play, reply independent researchers.

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  Human Rights

  2021-01-07

  Russia, China spin election strife in US to justify domestic oppression

  The regimes eagerly jumped on the news of electoral problems in the United States, but their reactions and attempted manipulations further exposed their human rights failures.

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  Human Rights

  2021-01-06

  China builds more than 100 new detention facilities for Muslims in Xinjiang

  Factory buildings inside detention camps in the northwestern region indicate forced labour on a 'vast scale' is taking place, a new report finds.