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Uyghur human rights advocate calls upon companies to abandon products of f
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 20 (ANI): In a bid to address Chinese repression of Uyghurs, a Uyghur human rights advocate has called upon brands to remove materials that come from China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) from every level of their supply chains, according to a media report.
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US takes steps to ban imports from China made with Uyghur forced labour
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 25 (ANI): The United States government is banning all imports from China made using forced labour from the Uyghur Autonomous Region, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on Monday.
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China: Xinjiang govt slams US' Uyghur forced labour prevention act
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], December 26 (ANI): China's Xinjiang government on Saturday called the US signing of the so-called Uyghur forced labour prevention act as open interference in China's internal affairs with a purpose to contain China.
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China firmly opposes US 'Uyghur Forced Labour Prevention Act' that bans im
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], December 24 (ANI): China on Thursday firmly opposed the "Uyghur Forced Labour Prevention Act" that bans importing of goods into the US made with forced labour in Xinjiang.
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UK high court allows Uyghur advocacy group to proceed with forced labour c
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], December 17 (ANI): The High Court of England and Wales on Wednesday allowed Uyghur rights advocacy group to proceed with a forced labour case against UK authorities for permitting the importation of cotton goods produced with Uyghur forced labour in China.
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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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Hundreds of international brands 'at risk' of selling products related to
Updated : 4 years, 3 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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Nike 'a brand of China, for China': CEO after facing boycott call over rem
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 26 (ANI): Nike CEO John Donahoe has said the sportswear apparel giant is a "brand of China and for China" after it faced a backlash earlier this year for voicing concerns about the communist government using Uyghur forced labour in the production of cotton.
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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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12 Japanese companies to cease business deals involving Uyghur forced labo
Updated : 5 years 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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US bans cotton, tomato products from China's Xinjiang over use of forced l
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 14 (ANI): The United States on Wednesday (local time) announced a ban on the entry of cotton and tomato products from China's Xinjiang region amid allegations that detainee or prison labour from Uyghurs went into making them, according to the US Customs and Border Pr
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IndustriALL Global Union endorses 'call to action to end Uyghur forced lab
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 20 (ANI): While the Chinese government continues to hold members of the Uyghur minority group in forced labour camps, the goods produced by the enslaved workers, particularly cotton, are entering global supply chains.
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