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China braces for US ban on import of products from Xinjiang
Updated : 3 years, 9 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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US import ban over China's forced labour in Xinjiang takes effect
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 22 (ANI): A US law banning imports from China's Xinjiang province took effect on Tuesday, a move aimed at addressing Beijing's use of forced labour among the Uyghur minority.
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India will stand by its commitment to Afghan Sikhs, Hindus: NSA Doval
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 21 (ANI): India will sympathetically look at cases of members of the minority community in Afghanistan applying for visas, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval has said and noted that New Delhi will stand by its commitment to Sikhs and Hindus in the neighbouring count
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China: US law against Uyghur forced labour takes effect
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 21 (ANI): The United States government should vigorously enforce a new law that aims to prevent imports linked to forced labour by Uyghurs and other persecuted groups in China, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said.
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Concern rising over persecution of minorities in Malaysia
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], June 18 (ANI): Persecution and sectarianism against minorities in Malaysia including those of the Shia and Ahmadis depict the worsening human rights situation in the country, according to an analysis.
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India conveys protest to Pakistan over vandalisation of temple in Karachi
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 9 (ANI): India has lodged protest with Pakistan over the recent vandalisation of a Hindu temple in Karachi and said it's "another act of systemic persecution of religious minorities" in the neighbouring country.
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Afghanistan: Taliban close offices of two Shiite clerics in Ghazni
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 7 (ANI): The Taliban on Monday closed the offices of Ayatollah Mohammad Ishaq Fayyaz and Ayatollah Mohaqeq Kabuli, two Shiite clerics in Ghazni.
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US State Dept report highlights China's persecution of Tibetan Buddhism
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 4 (ANI): China is persecuting practitioners of religions "that it deems out of line with Chinese Communist Party doctrine," including by destroying Buddhist houses of worship, and referenced discrimination faced by Tibetan Buddhists, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken
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China: No justice 33 years after Tiananmen Massacre
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], June 2 (ANI): Chinese authorities, over the last one year, have increased the harassment and persecution of activists for commemorating the June 04, 1989 Tiananmen Massacre, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Thursday.
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China: What will UNHCR Chief's visit to Xinjiang achieve?
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 23 (ANI): The United States has said it was "deeply concerned" about United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet's recent visit to China and, to Xinjiang. The US said that based on an understanding of restrictions, the UNHCR chief will be subjecte
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Baloch women facing persecution in Pakistan, says Baloch leader
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], May 22 (ANI): The President of the Free Balochistan Movement (FBM), Hyrbyair Marri in a statement from London said that after failing to silence the Baloch voice for their legitimate right to independence, Pakistan is subjecting the Baloch women to enforced disappearances.
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Lord Rami Ranger slams Pakistan in British Parliament over religious perse
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], May 18 (ANI): Lord Rami Ranger raised the issue of persecution of minorities in Pakistan in the British Parliament in view of the recent killing of Sikh traders in Peshawar.
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