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An actionable ‘wake-up call’ is needed on the anniversary of the United Nations’ devastating report on Xinjiang.
31Aug By media teamNo Comments
World

An actionable ‘wake-up call’ is needed on the anniversary of the United Nations’ devastating report on Xinjiang.

Amnesty International said today that the anniversary of a devastating UN report on Xinjiang serves as a sobering reminder of the need to hold China accountable for crimes against humanity in the face of a "woefully inadequate" reaction from the international community. Human rights violations by the Chinese government against Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim minorities, including torture and mass imprisonment in internment camps, "may constitute… crimes against humanity," according to a report released by the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on August 31, 2022. According to Amnesty International's Deputy Regional Director for China, Sarah Brooks, "the international community, including important components of the UN itself, has shied
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China arrests ethnic Kazakh Muslims for leading a public Quranic recitation.
28Aug By media teamNo Comments
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China arrests ethnic Kazakh Muslims for leading a public Quranic recitation.

An ethnic Kazakh Muslim has been imprisoned by Chinese officials in the volatile Xinjiang region for reportedly reading passages from the Quran at a wedding and at people's homes. According to a Radio Free Asia (RFA) article from August 25th, the detention is being seen as part of a larger crackdown on religious and ethnic minorities in the communist country as part of the so-called "strike hard" campaign. According to Bekzat Maksutkhan, the leader of the Kazakh rights organization Atajurt, Kusman Rehim, 56, a native of Jimsar county in Xinjiang, was detained on July 14. Bekzat also claimed that during the police raid, a Quran was discovered. According to the article, "he had also participated in a Muslim wedding and recited passages from the Quran at people's homes during Eid...
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When Xi Jinping travels to Xinjiang, he strengthens China’s already harsh policies for the Uyghur people.
28Aug By media teamNo Comments
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When Xi Jinping travels to Xinjiang, he strengthens China’s already harsh policies for the Uyghur people.

China's draconian policies against the 11 million predominantly Muslim Uyghurs who live in the restive, far western province of Xinjiang were reaffirmed by President Xi Jinping during his second visit to the area in little over a year. Maintaining "hard-won social stability" will remain a key priority, and that stability must be leveraged to "guarantee development," Xi said in a speech on Saturday in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Autonomous Uyghur Region, according to official media. Xi has stated the need to "combine the development of the anti-terrorism and anti-separatism struggle with the push for normalizing social stability work and rule of law." As part of his instructions, he urged government authorities to "promote the Sinicization of Islam" and "effectively control v...
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Intrusion into China’s Social Media Shows the Desperate Need for Regulation
14Aug By media teamNo Comments
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Intrusion into China’s Social Media Shows the Desperate Need for Regulation

Unveiling of restricted materials and user profiles. The dissemination of government orders. Consequences for disobedience include financial penalties and potential removal from the system. The Select Committee on Foreign intervention via Social Media of the Australian Parliament suggested these and other measures in a new report released on August 1, 2023 to combat the "real, pervasive, and growing threat" of foreign intervention through social media. The Select Committee on Foreign Interference via Social Media produced a report that expressed specific worry about the Chinese social media platforms WeChat and TikTok, both of which have a sizable user base in Australia. Concerns about these corporations' lack of openness were exacerbated when WeChat declined to participate at a public...
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China promotes a narrative in Pakistan about prosperous Xinjiang Uyghurs.
13Aug By media teamNo Comments
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China promotes a narrative in Pakistan about prosperous Xinjiang Uyghurs.

This "Chinese Rahat Abdullah" often appears on Pakistani YouTube and Facebook channels, dressed in either Atlas silk robes, traditional Pakistani attire, or traditional Chinese garb. She is known as a Chinese online sensation, but she also performs on local radio in Urdu and prepares Uyghur foods on Pakistani TV shows, which she mislabels as Chinese. Some Uyghurs in Pakistan are concerned that Beijing is trying to utilize local Uyghurs as pro-Chinese Communist Party propaganda tools in order to whitewash the Chinese government's atrocious treatment of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang, which has contributed to her meteoric climb to fame. China has been criticized internationally for its use of forced labor and other human rights violations against the Muslim Uyghur population. Many ...
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Why Chinese organizations are using AI censoring from People’s Daily to dodge political minefield
17Jul By media teamNo Comments
China

Why Chinese organizations are using AI censoring from People’s Daily to dodge political minefield

Increasingly, businesses, organizations, and even individuals use content moderation services to pre-screen internet content. The use of artificial intelligence to detect threats is expected to increase, according to experts, but may the technology overlook "implicit" meanings? When putting anything online for public consumption, Chinese businesses, government agencies, and celebrities risk getting into trouble in a variety of ways.As many incidents in recent years have shown, there may be repercussions for publishing a map that inaccurately depicts Beijing's South China Sea claims, including an unintentionally embarrassed official in a photograph, or even hinting to a secret political taboo. Beijing's internet censorship authority has the power to punish offenders with severe fi...
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Imran Khan Outlines Plan If Political Party in Pakistan Is Banned
15Jul By media teamNo Comments
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Imran Khan Outlines Plan If Political Party in Pakistan Is Banned

Nikkei Asia questioned Imran Khan on the potential effects of a ban on his ability to run for office. Imran said, "If they remove the party then we will form a party with a new name and still win the elections." Imran Khan, the leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), has said that if his party is outlawed, he would launch a new political party to run in the 2018 general elections and win them, according to a story in Dawn quoting Nikkei Asia.English-language publication Dawn is from Pakistan. Many government officials had asked for a ban on the party after the violent statewide riots on May 9 and the ensuing crackdown on the demonstrators and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf should be outlawed, according to Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah of Pakis...
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Sri Lanka: What happened to the demonstration that overthrew the president
8Jul By media teamNo Comments
World

Sri Lanka: What happened to the demonstration that overthrew the president

A 54-year-old port worker named Udeni Kaluthantri rose to fame over night last year for reasons unrelated to his employment. In a video that emerged days after demonstrators occupied Colombo's presidential palace, Mr. Kaluthantri can be seen relaxing on a bed covered in the presidential flag. Pictures of young guys diving into the palace's pool and bouncing on the four-poster bed belonging to the president had already gone viral. The movie by Mr. Kaluthantri joined the other visuals as lyrical evidence of how millions of Sri Lankans had become tired of what they saw as corrupt and ineffective leadership under President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Rajapaksa abruptly left the nation following it and resigned a few days later. An unprecedented people's movement was heralded as having won bi...
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After a mercenary uprising, Russia claims that China supports its attempts to pacify the nation.
26Jun By media teamNo Comments
Asia, China

After a mercenary uprising, Russia claims that China supports its attempts to pacify the nation.

TAIPEI--Following an army of mercenaries' failed uprising against the Kremlin, Russia said on Sunday that China backed President Vladimir Putin's attempts to stabilize the nation. In an unexpected visit to Beijing by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko, the Chinese government reportedly expressed support for the regime in Moscow. In response to the events of June 24, the Chinese side "expressed support for the efforts of the leadership of the Russian Federation to stabilize the situation in the country and reaffirmed its interest in strengthening the unity and further prosperity of Russia," according to a Russian statement. On their meeting, Rudenko and Qin Gang, the foreign minister of China, discussed "international and regional issues of common concern," according t...
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President for improving economic and cultural ties with Sri Lanka and Korea
24Jun By media teamNo Comments
Asia, Business

President for improving economic and cultural ties with Sri Lanka and Korea

In order to further strengthen bilateral relations, President Dr. Arif Alvi called for further expanding bilateral economic, commercial, and cultural cooperation with Sri Lanka and the Republic of Korea on Friday. The president shared these opinions with the departing Sri Lankan High Commissioner, Vice Admiral (r) Mohan Wijewickrama, and the departing Republic of Korea Ambassador, Suh Sangpyo, during their separate calls to him at Aiwan-e-Sadr. The president expressed Pakistan's great regard for its multifaceted connection with Korea, which included partnerships in a number of areas including politics, economics, science, culture, and people-to-people contacts, in his conversation with the departing Korean ambassador. He emphasized that Pakistan was open to trade and investment from all o...
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