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H&M faces backlash in China for refusing to purchase cotton from Xinji
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], March 25 (ANI): Swedish multinational clothing retailer H&M is facing a backlash within China for refusing to purchase cotton producing in Xinjiang, where the Communist government is carrying out atrocities on Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities; termed as "genocide" by
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Ethnic minorities in England less likely to report using e-cigarettes to r
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
London [UK], March 19 (ANI): Ethnic minority groups may be missing out on a means of reducing smoking, suggest the findings of a new survey.
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China restricting information from Xinjiang to scrub evidence of genocide
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 19 (ANI): Amid the 'genocide debate' among Western governments over China's crackdown against Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in China's Xinjiang, Beijing has been restricting information flow from the area to scrub evidence, leading countries to make determination
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US needs to act more against China for human rights abuses against Uyghurs
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 16 (ANI): Even though the US sanctions on China for numerous human rights abuses against Uyghur Muslims are hurting the nation but more action needs to be taken by the Biden administration to further enhance the pressure on Beijing's increasing crackdown on ethnic mino
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Missing Uyghur entrepreneur's sister urges Biden administration to act on
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 12 (ANI): Uyghur entrepreneur and philanthropist Ekpar Asat disappeared upon returning to China almost five years ago, after participating in a prestigious US State Department programme, believed to be one of the two million Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities detained
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Pressure rises on China as hundreds protest in Istanbul against Beijing's
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Istanbul [Turkey], March 11 (ANI): International pressure on China's aggressive crackdown on ethnic minorities has risen, with the latest report of hundreds of women staging a march in Istanbul demanding an end to Beijing's 'genocide' and protection of Uyghur women's rights.
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Twitter removes Chinese embassy in US' tweet about Uyghur women no longer
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 10 (ANI): Twitter has removed a post by the Chinese embassy in the USA which claimed that Uyghur women have been "emancipated" and are no longer "baby-making machines."
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Pro Uyghur body says Beijing engages in systematic campaign to destroy cul
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Munich [Germany], December 3 (ANI): Refuting the claims made by the Chinese Mission to the United Nations, a pro-Uyghurs body on Wednesday slammed Beijing for asserting that it protects cultural customs and relics of ethnic minorities.
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Ethnic Mongolians protest against China's new educational policy which end
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], October 4 (ANI): Ethnic Mongolians in China's Inner Mongolia region have come out in protest against a new educational policy under which Inner Mongolia students will be taking classes in language, history and politics entirely in the Chinese language. They believe it end
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China's oppression of Uyghurs amounts to 'genocide': Biden campaign
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 2 (ANI): The Chinese government's oppressive and discriminatory treatment of Uyghur Muslims and other ethnic minorities in the northwest region of Xinjiang is "genocide" and former US Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden "stands against it i
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China continues its crackdown against ethnic minorities
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 3 (ANI): The Chinese Communist Party has ultimate control over church affairs, says a church member in Linfen, Shanxi province.
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China violates human rights of its citizens but urges US to secure human r
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 2 (ANI): Amid reports of China violating the basic human rights of Uyghur Muslims and Hong Kong citizens, Chinese Foreign Ministry has urged the United States to secure the human rights of ethnic minorities in the country.
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