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China Says Pope’s Remarks About ‘Persecuted’ Uighurs are Groundless!
It was the first time the pontiff had called the Muslim minority a persecuted people, something human rights activists have been urging him to do. he Chinese foreign ministry on Tuesday dismissed Pope Francis’s criticism of China’s treatment of Muslim Uighurs as groundless. In a new book “Let Us Dream: The Path to A Better Future,” …MORE:nbcnews
China uses ‘microwave’ weapons to topple Indian troops in border dispute: Professor
The electromagnetic weapons, which cook the human tissue of enemy troops, “turned the mountain tops into a microwave oven” and made the Indian soldiers vomit, international studies expert Jin Canrong told his students in Beijing, according to The Times…more:torontosun
China Along With Its Allies Turn Blind Eye On Persecution Of Islam In East Turkestan
The persecution of Islam in East Turkestan by China is unparalleled. The demolition of thousands of mosques and the prohibition of religious symbols go hand-in-hand with the establishment of concentration camps and human-rights violations qualify as genocide, said South Asian…
China Uses Pandemic For More Persecution of the Uighurs
…“Uighurs have no choice but to tolerate discrimination, and they will be severely punished if they express their anger,” said Dilxat Raxit, a spokesman for the World Uyghur Congress, a group in Munich that supports self-determination for Xinjiang. “During the epidemic, China has strengthened its prevention and control tactics against Uighurs, fearing that dissatisfaction might lead to confrontation.”..more NYT
NYTIMES: China Is Using Uighur Labor to Produce Face Masks
A Times video investigation identified Chinese companies using a contentious labor program for Uighurs to satisfy demand for P.P.E., some of which ended up in the United States and other countries…more: NYTIMES
China’s Inner Mongolia region reports bubonic plague case
Before the Concentration Camps: Muslim Chinese Street Food Tour in Islamic China
Coronavirus Critics Disappear in China | WSJ (21Million Chinese Disappeared)
Stop the Brainwashing Horror
It’s too horrific to believe this is happening in 2020. 1 million Uyghurs have been brutally detained and brainwashed by the Chinese authorities — children taken away from their parents, women raped, tortured and even sterilized. Sadly, most of our governments aren’t brave enough to speak up. But we won’t be silent! In days, the UN is meeting, and insiders say that a global call to bravery can get key countries to finally challenge China…more: AVAAZ
Leaked records expose China’s Xinjiang camps
Newly leaked Chinese records have revealed for the first time the system by which hundreds of thousands of Uyghurs have been monitored and detained in heavily fortified internment centers across Xinjiang. According to the leak, Chinese citizens can be sent to the camps for reasons such as growing beards, owning passports, or having too many children and their release may depend on how well their family behaves. CNN’s Ivan Watson reports.
China’s Repression of Uighurs in Xinjiang
The Chinese government has reportedly detained more than a 
million Muslims in reeducation camps. Most of the people who have been arbitrarily detained are Uighur, a predominantly Turkic-speaking ethnic group primarily from China’s northwestern region of Xinjiang. Human rights organizations, UN officials, and many foreign governments are urging China to stop the crackdown. But Chinese officials maintain that what they call vocational training centers do not infringe on Uighurs’ human rights…more: CFR – CBC
