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China's economy dented as American brands cancel Xinjiang's cotton imports
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 24 (ANI): The US ban on China's Xinjiang cotton yarn makers over the inhuman treatment meted out to Uyghurs is now impacting the economic growth of its cotton companies.
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EU demands China allow 'meaningful access' to rights observers to Xinjiang
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], February 23 (ANI): The European Union has demanded that China allow independent rights observers "meaningful access" into the Xinjiang province to probe abuses, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said at a UN Security Council meeting on Tuesday.
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12 Japanese companies to cease business deals involving Uyghur forced labo
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], February 23 (ANI): Amid the ongoing human rights abuse on Uyghurs by China, 12 major Japanese companies have announced their decision to cease their business deals with the Chinese companies found to be benefiting from the forced labour of the minority ethnic community in Xinj
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Polysilicon production in Xinjiang linked to forced labour: Report
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], February 16 (ANI): Xinjiang's production of polysilicon, a raw material used in manufacturing solar panels, has been connected to forced labour of detained Muslim minorities, The Korea Herald reported citing a report by consultancy Horizon Advisory.
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China removes Uyghur language as medium of instruction in Xinjiang
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 31 (ANI): As China continues to refute reports of ongoing human rights abuses in the Xinjiang region, another revelation has confirmed that Beijing has removed the Uyghur language instruction from educational institutions in the region.
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US bans cotton, tomato products from China's Xinjiang over use of forced l
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 14 (ANI): The United States on Wednesday (local time) announced a ban on the entry of cotton and tomato products from China's Xinjiang region amid allegations that detainee or prison labour from Uyghurs went into making them, according to the US Customs and Border Pr
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Exiled Uyghur youths in Turkey face hardships as China continues oppressio
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], November 28 (ANI): Uyghur youths, who live in exile in Istanbul due to genocide, forced labour and sterilisation of their community in communist China, face enormous economic hardship and trauma.
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UN should rely on Xinjiang informants if wants to properly investigate Chi
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Vancouver [Canada], November 25 (ANI): The Chinese government is a "perfect liar', said Uyghur activist Turnisa Matsedik-Qira, adding that if the United Nations wants to 'properly investigate' the atrocities against the Uyghur minority it should rely on informants in Xinjiang as Beijing w
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Chinese authorities detaining hundreds of Uyghur Imams in Xinjiang
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], November 23 (ANI): As atrocities against Uyghur Muslims in China continue, Chinese authorities in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), have now detained hundreds of Muslim Imams, according to an Uyghur linguist in exile.
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US needs to realise atrocities on Uyghurs by China is nothing less than ge
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 12 (ANI): Prime Minister Salih Hudayar on behalf of the East Turkistan Government in Exile on Monday said the United States needs to know that "what China is doing in Occupied East Turkistan, so-called Xinjiang, is nothing less than genocide and colonisation as a res
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At UNGA, 39 countries urge China to shut down Xinjiang detention camps
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], October 6 (ANI): As many as 39 countries at the United Nations General Assembly Third Committee on Tuesday urged China to close the detention camps in Xinjiang.
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Uyghur activist to discuss 'Persecution of Islam in East Turkestan' by Chi
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], October 5 (ANI): Continuing with the efforts to stop China violating human rights in the Xinjiang region, a webinar will be held on October 8 to dicuss the persecution of the Uyghurs.
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