Human Rights

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  Human Rights

  2021-10-29

  US commits additional $144 million to aid Afghans in need

  The total amount of US assistance has reached nearly $474 million in 2021, the largest from any nation, while China, the Taliban's new found ally, has offered less than a tenth of that.

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  Human Rights

  2021-10-25

  Termez becomes strategic hub for Afghan aid amid worsening crisis

  The cargo centre in Uzbekistan is the only such terminal in Central Asia built next to the Afghan border, and has become a focal point for international aid as the humanitarian crisis escalates.

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  Human Rights

  2021-10-22

  Dozens of countries demand end to horrors against Muslims in China's Xinjiang

  A declaration signed by 43 countries accused China of a litany of violations of human rights against its Muslim populuation, including torture, forced sterilisation and forced disappearances.

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  Human Rights

  2021-10-08

  China's 'sinicisation' plan does away with mosque domes, Islamic theology

  Beijing's sinicisation policy includes removing mosques' minarets and domes, and replacing the adhan with the national anthem. Imams and worshippers say they are powerless to resist.

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  Human Rights

  2021-10-07

  Over 100 musicians flee Afghanistan, fearing Taliban crackdown

  Emotions ran high as a plane full of musicians from Afghanistan's top music institute finally took off from Kabul Sunday night, as they fear a crackdown on their profession.

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  Human Rights

  2021-09-24

  Taliban evict Hazara farmers, give land to powerful Pashtun leaders

  Forty years after the Hazaras turned barren land into productive farms, the Taliban are kicking them out of their homes and depriving them of their crops.

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  Human Rights

  2021-08-10

  Taliban siege of cities, targeting of civilians amount to 'war crimes': UN

  An untold number of civilians, including children, have been killed and injured in the past month, while reports suggest the Taliban also are conducting summary executions.

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  Human Rights

  2021-07-23

  In eastern Afghanistan, Taliban advances meet Beijing's Xinjiang oppression

  Alarm is growing in Beijing over the prospect of having an Islamist group like the Taliban share a border with Xinjiang, where China is engaged in systematic oppression of Muslims.

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  Human Rights

  2021-07-14

  Taliban return to oppression in newly seized territory

  Women are barred for leaving their homes, men are prohibited from shaving, and local leaders are being forced to provide lists of young women to marry off to the group's fighters.

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  Human Rights

  2021-05-14

  Investigation details China's campaign to sterilise Muslim women in Xinjiang

  Women are forced to be fitted with contraceptive devices or be sterilised, abort pregnancies, pay steep fines if they had too many children, and take drugs that stop their menstrual cycles.