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US House approves bicameral bill aimed to ban imports from China's Xinjian
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 15 (ANI): The US House of Representatives passed a final version of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, which bans the importation of goods made with forced labour in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, reported Sputnik.
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Refusal to address Uyghur forced labour is betrayal of Europe's values: Ri
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], December 13 (ANI): Ahead of the Beijing Olympics 2022, a Washington-based Uyghur rights activist has called on Europe to adhere to its values and take action against China's rights abuses in Xinjiang province.
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US House passes bill to ban imports from China's Xinjiang
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 9 (ANI): The US House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill by a vote of 428 to 1 banning imports from China's Xinjiang made with forced labour and threatening sanctions against Chinese officials responsible for persecuting the minority community.
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Airbnb hosts China's Xinjiang rentals on land owned by sanctioned group
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 2 (ANI): Airbnb, a US-based vacation rental company, has more than a dozen homes available for rent in China's Xinjiang region on land owned by an organization sanctioned by the US government for complicity in genocide and forced labour, according to Axios investiga
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Dutch, US brands allegedly rely on forced labour from China's Xinjiang pro
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], December 2 (ANI): The European Center for Constitutional Rights (ECCHR) submitted a criminal complaint against several Dutch and US textile and fashion brands that have their European headquarters in the Netherlands.
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Hundreds of international brands 'at risk' of selling products related to
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 25 (ANI): More than a hundred international brands "at-risk" of selling products made of cotton from the Uyghurs region because of the way China's cotton industry "obscures" where the cotton actually comes from, according to a November 2021 report
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Japanese apparel makers boycott China's Xinjiang cotton
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan] November 23 (ANI): Japanese apparel makers have decided to shun the cotton produced from China's western Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region citing forced labour and human rights abuses.
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Founder of Beijing News serving 8-year imprisonment
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Beijing [China], November 19 (ANI): The co-founder and publisher of Beijing News, Dai Zigeng is serving eight years imprisonment with forced labour on account of bribery charges.
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G-7 agree to eradicate forced labour amid China's crackdown on Uyghurs
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
London [UK], October 23 (ANI): In a veiled rebuke of China's crackdown of Uyghurs minorities, trade ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) countries have agreed to eliminate forced labour and shared their concern over state-sponsored practice on minorities.
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US bans disposable glove imports from Malaysia's supermax over forced labo
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 21(ANI/Sputnik): The United States will immediately ban the import of disposable gloves made by Supermax Corporation due to information the company uses forced labour to make its products, the Department of Homeland Security said in a press release.
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China's rights abuse: US Senate passes bill to ban all products from Xinji
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 15 (ANI): The US Senate on Wednesday (local time) passed a bill to ban all the products from Xinjiang over China's rights abuse in the region.
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US warns firms operating in Xinjiang at 'high risk' of violating forced la
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 13 (ANI): US State Department and five other federal agencies issued an updated advisory on Tuesday, warning that businesses with supply chains and investments in China's Xinjiang region pose a "high risk" of violating US laws on forced labour.
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