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US-based rights body urges global community to act against 'China's ongoin
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The US-based East Turkistan National Movement, a platform dedicated to highlighting the human rights abuses against Uyghur Muslims in China's Xinjiang, has urged global authorities on International Youth Day to address the plight of millions of Uyghur, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, and other Turkic youths
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US prioritises Aluminum sector under Uyghur Forced Labor Act while EU urge
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The US decision to focus on Aluminium production aligns closely with HRW's latest report titled "Asleep at the Wheel," released in February 2024.
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Carmakers found purchasing goods banned under Uyghur Forced Labor Preventi
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
A two-year-long research by the Senate Finance Committee in the US found out that car brands like BMW, Lands Rover, Jaguar, and Volkswagen have over time been purchasing spare parts originating from the Xinjiang region of East Turkistan, a report by The New York Times stated.
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Rights group organises virtual discussion to highlight China's atrocities
Updated : 2 years ago IST
The Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP), organized a virtual discussion to highlight mass arbitrary detention, torture, enforced disappearances, mass surveillance, cultural and religious persecution, separation of families, forced labor, sexual violence, and violations of reproductive rights
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US blacklists two China-based firms over Uyghur forced labour concerns
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The United States has sanctioned two Chinese companies for their labour practices, accusing the firms of deliberately targeting the members of persecuted communities in China.
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AI tool identifies Chinese products linked to Uyghur forced labour: Report
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Tech firm Ultra has created an Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool that it says helps analysts to identify products coming from China through Temu, a digital marketplace platform, which were built using forced labour, possibly from the Uyghur population, Fox News reported.
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US scrutinizing imports from China's Xinjiang under Uyghur Labor Preventio
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
"Between June 2022 and January 2023, 2,692 shipments were identified as potentially violating the terms of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act," a spokesperson for CBP told FOX Business.
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US customs detains shipments from Chinese solar makers on charges of force
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The US customs didn't clear a "single shipment" after which a Chinese solar company said that they are in the process of providing the "supplementing evidence" to them.
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US markets sell over red dates processed in China's Xinjiang; tainted by U
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 5 (ANI): Markets in Washington, DC, metropolitan area and some online retailers in the US continue to sell more than 70 brands of red dates grown and processed in Xinjiang, a region in China that's been the focus of a US law on forced labour, a report said.
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Will the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act make a difference?
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 9 (ANI): The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA), which came into effect last month, presumes that all goods from China's Xinjiang have been tainted by forced labour unless proven innocent, and vows to strike at the heart of slavery in northwest China.
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Biden under pressure to fight China's forced-labour industry in Xinjiang
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 26 (ANI): Though US President Joe Biden signed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act to ban imports of any products connected to forced-labour practices in China's northwest Xinjiang region, it came to light that some administration figures and business interests are f
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China braces for US ban on import of products from Xinjiang
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 23 (ANI): The import of Chinese goods manufactured by forced labour in Xinjiang province will now be blocked after the US-sponsored Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act came into effect on June 21.
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