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US considering sanctions on China solar over forced labour in Xinjiang, sa
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 14 (ANI): The Biden administration is considering sanctions over China's use of forced labour in the production of solar panels, said United States Special Envoy on Climate, John Kerry.
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Overseas workers accusing China of forced labour, human rights violations
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 2 (ANI): Chinese companies are using the official "One Belt, One Road" transnational economic strategy to forcibly export Chinese workers overseas, according to a report by China Labor Watch.
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Japanese companies plan to take firm stand on Uyghur forced labour issue
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], May 1 (ANI): Amid the growing concerns of human rights violations in China's Xinjiang province, Japanese companies are planning to suspend business relations with partners that are found to be forcing Uyghur Muslims to work.
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China defends its atrocities in Xinjiang
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Hong Kong, April 12 (ANI): The horrors of Chinese atrocities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), in China's northwest, are inexorably emerging on an almost daily basis. In response, China has continually changed its narrative about its mass internment of Uyghurs.
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Uyghur body supports complaint against French brands over link to forced l
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Munich [Germany], April 10 (ANI): A pro-Uyghur body has endorsed the formal complaint submitted by a French lawyer against four France-based multinational companies over allegations of their involvement in forced labour of the Muslim minority group in China
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Chinese TV channels censor foreign fashion brands amid Xinjiang cotton row
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 10 (ANI): Amid Beijing's ongoing tussle with foreign companies over forced labour issues in Xinjiang, Chinese television channels have censored the logos and symbols of brands on sneakers and t-shirts worn by their contestants in various shows.
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Pak continues cotton trade with China, Xinjiang despite growing int'l cond
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 7 (ANI): Despite fierce condemnation from the international community over cotton produced from forced labour in Xinjiang, Pakistan has announced to continue its cotton trade with China, especially from the region where over a million Uyghurs are detained in inter
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H&M forced to shut 20 stores in China over remarks on Xinjiang cotton:
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 4 (ANI): Swedish fashion retailer H&M was forced to close 20 stores in China following its statement on forced labour in Xinjiang that leads to uproar among Chinese nationals and authorities.
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Finnish wood pulp giant Stora Enso to leave viscose market after Xinjiang
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Helsinki [Finland], March 31 (ANI): Finnish pulp and paper giant Stora Enso has announced that it will 'divest' from making the raw ingredient needed to produce wood-based viscose rayon fibre, amid reports of links between the company and forced labour in Xinjiang.
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'Well known global brands' may be linked to Xinjiang rights abuses: UN pan
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
New York [US], March 30 (ANI): Scores of Chinese and foreign companies may be involved in human trafficking, forced labour and other human rights abuses in China's Xinjiang region, a United Nations working group said on Monday.
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Is trade deal with China a dangerous move for EU?
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Athens [Grecce], February 25 (ANI): December 2020, European Union (EU) landmark trade deal - the Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI) with China, that aims to liberalise trade between Beijing and Brussels, may prove to be a dangerous move for Europe.
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12 Japanese companies to cease business deals involving Uyghur forced labo
Updated : 5 years, 1 month 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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