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Coercion is China's modus operandi, whether in domestic cotton fields or e
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Communism was supposed to create workers' paradises, but history demonstrated that was a forlorn hope. China, the global factory, makes much of its outstanding economic growth, but economic coercion internationally, and forced labour abuses at home, are very much part of the Chinese Communis
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"Vocational training" programmes in China threaten Tibetan identity, carry
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
"Hundreds of thousands of Tibetans have reportedly been 'transferred' from their traditional rural lives to low-skilled and low-paid employment since 2015, through a programme described as voluntary, but in practice their participation has reportedly been coerced," the UN experts said.
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World Uyghur Congress raises concern over Chinese repression in Spain
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
"The WUC delegation successfully completed advocacy meetings in Madrid, raising the #Uyghur issue with Senators and Congressmen/Congresswomen from different political parties. Thank you for your support!" tweeted WUC.
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US House panel on China highlights abuse of Uyghurs
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Rights groups accuse Beijing of abuses, including forced labour, mass surveillance and the placement of 1 million or more Uyghurs - a mainly Muslim ethnic group - in a network of internment camps in Xinjiang.
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US blocked imports worth nearly USD 500 million due to Uyghur forced labou
Updated : 3 years ago IST
In an event at the Forced Labour Technical Expo at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, Troy Miller launched a website that keeps a track of shipments blocked due to forced labour.
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US hails South Korea's proposal to compensate victims of Japan's forced la
Updated : 3 years ago IST
In the statement, State Department Secretary Antony Blinken said, "We welcome today's historic announcements by the Governments of the Republic of Korea and Japan regarding the conclusion of discussions on sensitive historical issues."
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South Korea proposes compensation for victims of Japan's wartime forced la
Updated : 3 years ago IST
South Korea's Foreign Minister Park Jin announced the proposal of compensating more than a dozen victims of Japan's wartime forced labour.
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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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Special initiative for education of slum children in J-K
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Chief Education Officer Poonch has asked all zonal education officers and principals to visit slums in their jurisdictions where non-government workers live and encourage parents to enrol their children in schools.
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UN committee calls for probe into Xinjiang rights violations
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Acting under its early warning and urgent action procedure, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) also called on China to immediately release all individuals arbitrarily deprived of their liberty in the XUAR, whether in so-called Vocational Education and Trainin
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Canadian pension plans investing in firms complicit in Xinjiang abuses
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Multiple Canadian pension plans have invested in firms complicit in Xinjiang abuses, alleges a report by UK-based human rights organization Hong Kong Watch and expert in forced labour, Prof Laura Murphy at Sheffield Hallam University.
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US customs detains shipments from Chinese solar makers on charges of force
Updated : 3 years, 4 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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