The Media Review Network (MRN) has welcomed government’s quick response in acting on the arrest of 10 South African nationals in China, but in the same breathe has questioned its failure to respond in the same manner with regards to the Sheikh Abdus Salaam Jad Bassiouni case.The 10 individuals are[…]
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa must intervene to assist the five South Africans detained by the Chinese government, with Ramaphosa currently in China, the Gift of the Givers said on Wednesday. “We call upon Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa to raise the issue of the detained South Africans directly with the highest[…]
Ten South Africans are being held in custody in China, after they were arrested on at the Erdos airport while travelling to Inner Mongolia on Friday. Gift of the Givers said the South African’s were travelling with a group of Britons and an Indian national to explore ancient China. It[…]
China has no “ethnic problem” in its far west, and Muslim Uighur minorities there enjoy freedom of religion, the country’s foreign ministry has said, following anti-China protests in Turkey over Beijing’s treatment of the group. “Uighurs live and work in peace and contentment and enjoy freedom of religion under the[…]
Beijing has warned its citizens travelling in Turkey to be careful of anti-China protests, saying some tourists have recently been “attacked and disturbed”. The notice, posted on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website on Sunday, said there had been “multiple” demonstrations in Turkey targeting the Chinese government. Relations between Turkey[…]
China’s military has vowed to bring “modern civilisation” to the country’s largely Muslim Uighur Xinjiang region, where separatists have been working towards establishing an independent state. The region’s military commander and his aide wrote in an influential journal on Tuesday that the army must help develop the economy of the[…]
The Media Review Network (MRN) has written an open letter to the Chinese government and embassy regarding the human rights violations against the Uyghur Muslims. The Ambassador TIAN Xuejun The Peoples Republic of China Sir The Media Review Network South Africa (MRN) is an advocacy group concerned with human rights[…]
China has banned civil servants, students and teachers in its mainly Muslim Xinjiang region from fasting during Ramadan and ordered restaurants to stay open. Most Muslims are required to fast from dawn to dusk during the holy month, which began on Thursday, but China’s ruling Communist party is officially atheist[…]
Hong Kong’s legislature on Thursday vetoed a China-vetted electoral reform package that had been criticized by opposition pro-democracy lawmakers and activists as flawed and undemocratic. Hundreds of Beijing supporters had converged outside government buildings as city legislators voted on the Beijing-backed electoral package that aimed to define the Chinese-controlled city’s[…]
Hundreds of people are missing after a tourist ship carrying more than 450 people sank on the Yangtze River in central China. Five bodies have been retrieved and at least 30 people rescued, including the captain and the ship’s chief engineer – who have both been detained – according to[…]
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