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Anger as China says it is freeing Uighur women from being ‘baby-making machines’
January 11, 2021 By Faith Matters

Anger as China says it is freeing Uighur women from being ‘baby-making machines’

A Chinese official denied Beijing has imposed coercive birth control measures among Muslim minority women, following an outcry over a tweet by the Chinese Embassy in Washington claiming that government polices had freed women of the Uighur ethnic group from being “baby-making machines”. Xu Guixiang, a deputy spokesperson for the Xinjiang regional government, told reporters […]

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Switzerland: Trump has responsibility towards media, U.N. rights chief says
August 21, 2018 By Faith Matters

Switzerland: Trump has responsibility towards media, U.N. rights chief says

The U.N. rights chief said on Monday that U.S. President Donald Trump bears “a heavy responsibility” for how the media is portrayed and that his remarks could have a knock-on effect that could hurt journalists in other countries. U.S. newspapers across the country ran editorials last Thursday defending freedom of the press in response to […]

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