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The second freight train running from Pakistan to Turkey through Iran has departed following the successful launch of the service last month, Fars news agency reports.
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The issue of the abuses against the Uighur community in Xinjiang is getting more attention in the aftermath of China s misinformation on COVID-19 outbreak.
Indian media houses have taken up the sensitive topic of Uighur abuses in varying ways.
Indian media s coverage on issues involving China has also been partial.
New Delhi: Chinese oppression of Uighur Muslims in occupied East Turkistan (Xinjiang in China) has been known for years and has been well documented by human rights organisations, media houses and public institutions. Most recently, the United States has deemed China s abhorrent actions against the ethnic Muslim minority community as a ‘modern genocide’. A recent damning report by the Center of Global Policy also laid bare China s tactic of forcing Uighur Muslims to manually pick cotton in fields. Over the years, China has resorted to all kinds of torture on Uighurs including physical torture, sexual abuse, and breach of other human rights.