In a strong endorsement to China's stand on Xinjiang, ambassadors of 50 countries have written to UN Human Rights Council chief Michelle Bachelet backing China's treatment of Uighurs in Xinjiang autonomous region.

Ambassadors of 50 countries write to UN rights council backing China's treatment of Uighurs in Xinjiang

While the United Nations has said that at least one million ethnic Uighurs and other Muslims have been detained in China, experts believe that neighbouring Pakistan has turned a blind eye to the human rights abuses in Xinjiang.

Pakistan turning blind eye to human rights abuses in Xinjiang

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres raised the plight of ethnic Uighurs in Xinjiang region during talks with Chinese leaders and stressed that China must fully respect human rights, his spokesman said.

Human rights must be upheld in fight against extremism: UN chief Guterres to China

Chinese authorities are using a vast system of facial recognition technology to track its Uighur Muslim minority across the country, according to a story in the New York Times.

China using AI to identify Uighurs across the country: Reports

China on Monday defended its controversial security crackdown in the fractious far west region of Xinjiang, saying nearly 13,000 "terrorists" have been arrested there since 2014.

China says nearly 13,000 'terrorists' arrested in Xinjiang

A Chinese official on Tuesday rejected international criticism of internment camps in the restive Xinjiang region, calling them job training centres that will "gradually disappear" if "one-day society no longer needs it".

Chinese official rejects criticism over Xinjiang Muslim camps; says it will 'gradually' disappear

Turkey risks jeopardising economic ties with China if it keeps criticising Beijing's treatment of Uighurs , China's envoy to Ankara warned, just as Chinese firms are looking to invest in Turkish energy and infrastructure mega-projects.

Criticising Uighur policy could hit economic relations: China to Turkey

WION Gravitas: China is brainwashing more than a million Uighurs, families demand proof of life

China's state media has released a video it said proves Uighur poet and musician Abdurehim Heyit is alive after Turkey cited reports of his death in custody in a strongly worded condemnation of "human rights violations" in Xinjiang.

Uighur musician Abdurehim Heyit is alive, says China's state-run television

In perhaps the most significant condemnation to date of China’s brutal crackdown on Turkic Muslims in its north-western province of Xinjiang. Turkey’s foreign ministry demanded this weekend that Chinese authorities respect human rights of the Uighurs and close what it termed “concentration camps” in which up to one million people are believed to be imprisoned.

Harsh Turkish condemnation of Uighur abuse in Xinjiang cracks wall of silence

A heavy soup made of pulled noodles, meat, and vegetables symbolises Central Asia’s close cultural and/or ethnic ties with China’s repressed Turkic and Hui Muslims.

Turkic-Chinese soup: A barometer of anti-Chinese sentiment

China's foreign ministry said that would allow UN officials to visit Xinjiang "if they follow the proper procedures" amid reports of suppression of the local population in the area.

Ready to allow UN officials in Xinjiang 'if they follow proper procedure': China

In a bid to make Islam more compatible with socialism, Beijing has passed a law to "implement measures to Sinicize" Islam within the next five years. The move came after Chinese government officials met with representatives from eight Islamic associations, the Global Times reported.

To make it compatible with socialism, Beijing passes law to make Islam more Chinese-like

China on Thursday accused the United States of seeking to "disturb" its security policies after a US congressional report said Beijing's mass internment of Muslim minorities may constitute "crimes against humanity".

China says US seeks to 'disturb' Xinjiang policies

The United States on Friday denounced China's treatment of its Uighur Muslims in unusually strong terms, adding to a growing list of disputes in increasingly turbulent relations between the two powers.

US criticizes treatment of Uighurs in latest China row

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