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US import ban over China's forced labour in Xinjiang takes effect
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 22 (ANI): A US law banning imports from China's Xinjiang province took effect on Tuesday, a move aimed at addressing Beijing's use of forced labour among the Uyghur minority.
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China: US law against Uyghur forced labour takes effect
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 21 (ANI): The United States government should vigorously enforce a new law that aims to prevent imports linked to forced labour by Uyghurs and other persecuted groups in China, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said.
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Islamic scholars gather in Istanbul to highlight Uyghur genocide, support
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Istanbul [Turkey], June 14 (ANI): Islamic scholars and intellectuals gathered in Istanbul on Monday for an international conference to highlight the Uyghur genocide and to support their struggle with the Chinese Communist Party.
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Xinjiang Police Files: Global brands fret over reputational, commercial lo
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 29 (ANI): The release of Xinjiang Police Files, which shows the extent and extremely repressive nature of China's mass internment policies in East Turkistan, has made the companies that source cotton from the region in China rethink their supply chains.
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Uyghur athletic trainer detained by Chinese authorities: Report
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 29 (ANI): An Uyghur athletic trainer who worked in northwestern China's Xinjiang region was arrested by Chinese authorities 5 years ago owing to his leading role in the Uyghur society, reported Radio Free Asia.
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Uyghur representatives meet Norwegian leaders, seek Xinjiang genocide reco
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Oslo [Norway], May 7 (ANI): Representatives from the World Uyghur Congress (WUC), including its President Dolkum Isa met with Norwegian lawmakers and officials in Oslo, during a two-day visit to the country on May 5-6, and called for the recognition of the 'Uyghur genocide' in China's Xinjia
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Uyghur academic sentenced to 13 years imprisonment in China's Xinjiang
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], April 24 (ANI): A Uyghur lecturer has been sentenced to 13 years in prison in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region [XUAR], said a media report citing a security officer at the university where he worked.
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Systematic Uyghur genocide depicts human rights abuses against ethnic mino
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], April 11 (ANI): The systematic Uyghur genocide by Chinese authorities in Xinjiang characterizes the human rights abuses committed by China against Uyghurs and other ethnic and religious minorities, said a media report.
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Uyghur journalist serving 15 years in prison for 'political crimes' in Xin
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], April 8 (ANI): Uyghur journalist who went missing in November 2017 is serving 15 years in prison in northwestern China's Xinjiang region for "political crimes", Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported.
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US imposes travel bans on Chinese officials for repression of ethnic, reli
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 22 (ANI): The United States has imposed visa restrictions on Chinese officials for their involvement in the repression of ethnic and religious minority groups inside and outside the border of China.
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China implements fresh strategy to constrain Uyghur population
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], March 10 (ANI): China has implemented a new strategy to constrain the Uyghur population in the Xinjiang region by shifting from "re-education camps" to prison.
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China: Uyghur scholar gets 10-year imprisonment for promoting separatism,
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], March 10 (ANI): A Uyghur professor and translator has been sentenced to 10-year imprisonment in China's Xinjiang for "separatism" and "promoting Western culture", said a media report citing a village official and the convicted man's former Uyghur classmate.
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