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Topic: Uyghur

China’s campaign to obliterate Uyghurs is sowing seeds for generations of hate & conflict

+TFP Praveen Swami -
In a secret meeting, Xi Jinping had asked his officials to act without mercy. Years later, the crushing of Uyghurs has a heavy cost.

Here’s a full picture of what China has in plans for Xinjiang and what Uyghurs can expect

Gemma Ware -
See what experts say about China’s long-term vision for Xinjiang, and what it means for the region’s persecuted Uyghurs.

What is ETIM, the Uyghur extremist group China wants Taliban to crack down on

Raghav Bikhchandani -
The East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) is an extremist group of native Uyghurs who wish to establish a separate country called 'East Turkistan'.

Huseyin Celil, the ‘forgotten’ Canadian citizen jailed in China since 2007

Tenzin Zompa -
An Uyghur activist, Celil was arrested by the Uzbek government at the request of the Chinese authorities in March 2006, a year after he got his Canadian citizenship. 

Did China hide birth control measures enforced in Xinjiang? Australia study thinks so

Pia Krishnankutty -
The report by Australian think-tank suggests birth rate in Xinjiang dropped by 48.74% between 2017 and 2019, amid ongoing crackdown on Uyghurs. China has challenged the findings.

‘Ideological cure’ for Uyghurs, ‘no mercy’ — what leaked papers reveal about Xinjiang camps

Pia Krishnankutty -
Leaked documents published by the New York Times reveal a serious crackdown on Uyghur Muslims by China, led by President Xi Jinping.

Islamic nations shamelessly silent while others condemn China’s treatment of Uyghur Muslims

Zainab Sikander -
If there was a first prize for collateral damage caused by terrorism, it would hands down go to Muslims.

China separates kids from parents in Xinjiang ‘gulags’ as Uyghur Muslim suppression mounts

Col. Vinayak Bhat (retd) -
At least 4 closely-located and heavily-fenced 're-education camps' in China's Hotan alone, with nearly 90,000 inmates, satellite images show.

Chinese diplomat in Pakistan goes on tweet rampage after ‘Uyghur Muslims fed pork’ reports

Sanya Dhingra -
Lijian Zhao directed angry tweets towards former Pakistani ambassador Husain Haqqani and US-based columnist C.J. Werleman, calling it ‘anti-China propaganda’.

Arabs turn blind eye to persecution of Chinese Muslims because of Beijing’s power

Jyoti Malhotra -
As Xi Jinping’s BRI becomes China’s pet project, there is a dramatic escalation in the country’s persecution of the Uyghurs.

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Opinion

Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

Gitanjali Das -
When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

What India can learn from the US-Israel war on Iran

Communism is based on self-deluding assumptions, it can’t be realised in practice: GN Lawande

Economy

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

Katharine Gemmell -
President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Defence

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

Vaibhav Pant -
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

National Interest

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Shekhar Gupta -
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.

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