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Forced labour from Uyghurs in Xinjiang behind global supply of solar panel
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], May 16 (ANI): The global production of solar panels is using forced labour from Uyghurs Muslims in China's Xinjiang province, an investigation shows.
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Japan ruling party calls for joining genocide convention with eye on China
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], May 16 (ANI): Ahead of the Group of Seven (G7) summit next month, lawmakers from Japan's ruling party has drafted proposals for the government, to advance the issue of human rights diplomacy amid growing scrutiny of abuses in China's Xinjiang province.
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12 killed as tornados hit Chinese cities
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 16 (ANI): At least 12 people were killed as back to back tornados hit Wuhan city in central China and Suzhou in east China.
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9 people killed in shootout between rival groups in Pakistan's Sindh
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], May 16 (ANI): At least nine people were killed in a shootout between two rival groups in Pakistan's Sindh province on Saturday night, local media reported citing police.
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Nordic-Baltic countries express concern at human rights situation of Uyghu
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 15 (ANI): Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden have issued a joint statement expressing grave concern at the human rights situation of Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslim minorities in China's Xinjiang province.
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Family of 11 dies after van falls into canal in Pakistan's Punjab
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 15 (ANI): A family of 11 people died in an accident in Pakistan's Punjab on Friday evening after their passenger van plunged into a canal.
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Pak's Punjab witnessing coronavirus cases with multiple COVID-19 strains:
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 15 (ANI): As the deadly third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic continues in Pakistan, the Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department has uploaded a fresh study that says the country's Punjab province has been facing circulation of multiple strains of coronavirus with
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Mysterious death of 17-year-old student in China's Sichuan province sparks
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 14 (ANI): The mysterious death of a 17-year-old student at Chengdu No 49 Middle School on Sunday in China's Sichuan province sparked a public outcry in China.
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Jailed Uyghur businessman dies in Xinjiang under mysterious conditions
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 14 (ANI): A jailed businessman in China's Xinjiang province, belonging to the Uyghur minority community, has been confirmed to have died in a prison hospital under mysterious circumstances.
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Calls grow at UN for unfettered access to China's Xinjiang province
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], May 14 (ANI): Several western countries and human rights organizations have yet again called on China to allow the UN human rights chief unobstructed access to the Xinjiang province to probe the situation of ethnic minorities in the northwest region of the country.
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Pakistan: Larkana development officials protest, demand 17-months outstand
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Larkana [Pakistan], May 13 (ANI): Larkana Development Authority (LDA) pitched a tent at the main gate of Jinnah Garden here on Wednesday to protest against non-payment of salaries for the past 17 months and demanded Chief Minister of Sindh province Murad Ali Shah's intervention to order t
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COVID-19: Oxygen shortage costs 14 lives in Nepal's Lumbini Province
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], May 13 (ANI): A total of 14 COVID-19 patients, undergoing treatment at two different hospitals in Nepal's Lumbini province, died after the hospitals ran out of medical oxygen on Wednesday afternoon.
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