Topic: Uyghur Muslims
China didn’t spare the Uyghurs even in times of pandemic, pushed them to Covid frontlines
China has sent thousands of Uyghurs to its manufacturing powerhouses at Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangzi and Zhejiang to keep its factories after the lockdown.
I saw my Uyghur friends disappear when I was in China
Uyghur migrant friends began to tell me, in whispers or coded text messages, that they had to go back home and they could no longer contact me.
Detained for veil, clicking on foreign website — Leaked China document on Uyghur Muslims
A leaked Chinese government document shows how Uyghur Muslims in China's "re-education" camps pray, dress and behave with family members.
US lawmakers restart effort to sanction Chinese officials for treatment of Uyghurs
The House passed an amended version of Senator Marco Rubio’s bill in December, but several concerns, and a pending impeachment trial, have slowed things down.
Arsenal star Mesut Özil receives major backlash after voicing support for Uyghurs in China
China’s national TV broadcaster cancelled Arsenal’s Premier League game Sunday in response to the footballer's posts on Twitter and Instagram.
TikTok restores US teen’s account suspended for viral video on state of Uyghurs in China
American teenager Feroza Aziz had posted a series of videos that initially looked like makeup tutorials, but decried China's mass detention of Uyghur Muslims.
TikTok locks teen’s account after video on China Muslims, then says no political censorship
China's TikTok suspended the account of US teen Feroza Aziz allegedly after she uploaded a video criticising treatment of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang.
China is illegally harvesting Uyghurs organs but the Muslim world is still silent
Major Islamic countries like Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Turkey, Malaysia and Iran toe the official line of Beijing.
After Uyghurs, another Muslim minority is under fire in China
Satellite images accessed by ThePrint show mosques in Hui-dominated areas being remodelled to strip them of Islamic influence.
US increases pressure on China about persecution of Uyghur Muslims
The Western criticism of China comes at a sensitive time, as US and China seek to complete preliminary deal in their lingering trade dispute.
Ghulam Rassul Galwan — The man who named the Galwan river, the site of India-China stand-off
It was unusual in the 19th century for rivers to be named after their regional discoverers. But Galwan, and his love for exploration, stood out.
Inter-state movement curbs: Are Indian states being paranoid or practical during Covid?
Karnataka CM B.S. Yediyurappa has said there is no ban on flights and trains to the state, a day after after his govt banned flights from certain states after a spike in Covid cases.
Defence
Chinese troops blacktopping track in disputed ‘finger’ area in Ladakh amid border tensions
The fresh Chinese construction activity is happening around Finger 4 in Pangong lake area. China also blocked the route of Indian patrol teams in the disputed region.
The Chinese are so predictable, Modi & Shah should’ve seen them coming on 5 August 2019
India should’ve anticipated the Chinese appearance in Ladakh, even the timing of it, when the status of Jammu & Kashmir was changed.