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  • Field Marshal Asim Munir, Pakistan's army chief, attended high-level discussions in Iran about the resumption of talks between the US and Iran.
  • In an interview with Iranian state media on Wednesday, Mohsen Rezaei, the military advisor to Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, threatened that Iran would sink US ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
  • The United States on Wednesday threatened to sanction buyers of Iranian oil and ​said it believed ‌China would pause such purchases as Washington enforces a maritime blockade on ⁠Iran.
  • Israel's strikes against Hezbollah have resulted in at least 2,167 deaths and 7,061 injuries in Lebanon.
  • Iran will compete in the World Cup "for sure" despite the war with the United States, FIFA President Gianni Infantino reaffirmed on Wednesday.
  • Iran's army has threatened to block trade via the Red Sea, the Gulf, and the Sea of Oman if the US naval blockade of Iranian ports persists.

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December 9, 2022

Asia Fact Check Lab: Was the...

The Nov. 24 fire in Xinjiang’s capital Urumqi sparked public rage throughout the country, as people blamed local COVID lockdown restrictions for impeding the rescue and escape of people caught in the blaze. Chinese government officials at the local and national level denied any connection between the deaths in the fire and pandemic prevention measures. 

November 24, 2022

China Appears to Ease Up on...

Most Uyghurs in Xinjiang have not returned to mosques that Chinese authorities have reopened for limited religious services in response to heavy international criticism of repressive policies targeting the mostly Muslim ethnic group, sources inside and outside the country say.

November 17, 2022

IT Security Researchers Find 2 New...

China has been hacking into Uyghur-language mobile apps and infecting users’ devices to further monitor the persecuted predominantly-Muslim group in its northwestern Xinjiang region and in other countries, according to a new report

November 15, 2022

Uyghur Muslims Criticize the Lack of...

Generally, countries with a large Muslim population stand up for Muslims who are being persecuted worldwide. Some claim, however, that China is preventing discussions concerning the alleged abuse of a particular Muslim minority community

November 9, 2022

Uyghur Canadian Leaders Urge Trudeau to...

Uyghur community leaders in Canada asked Prime Minister Justin Trudeau why his administration has not followed Canada’s parliament in recognizing the situation in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region as genocide.

November 3, 2022

Authorities in Xinjiang Collect Bodies of...

As was typical in other countries during pandemic, families are denied ritual burials for loved ones. By Shohret Hoshur for RFA Uyghur Authorities in Xinjiang collected the bodies of Uyghur residents in the northeastern city of Ghulja who died during a stqrict coronavirus lockdown but did not inform the families of the deceased about whether …

November 2, 2022

50 Nations at UN Denounce Chinese...

Fifty nations at the United Nations General Assembly on Monday denounced China for its treatment of Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in the northwestern Xinjiang region

October 7, 2022

Call for Debate on Rights Violations...

Uyghur activists and human rights groups expressed outrage on Thursday over the voting down of a U.S. proposal that the United Nations Human Rights Council hold a debate on a recent report by the body’s rights chief on abuses in China’s Xinjiang region

October 4, 2022

Protesters Take Aim at Beijing’s Human...

As world leaders congratulated China on its Oct. 1 National Day, protesters gathered in cities around the world to protest against the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s ongoing persecution of ethnic minorities and dissidents

September 14, 2022

Authorities in Xinjiang Detain Hundreds of...

More than 600 mostly young Uyghurs from a village in Ghulja were detained by authorities in Xinjiang on Monday after they ignored a strict COVID-19 lockdown and staged a peaceful street protest against a lack of food that has led to starvation and deaths, a local police officer said 

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