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China: Two ex-govt officials in Xinjiang sentenced to death over separatis
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 8 (ANI): Two former government officials in the Xinjiang region have been sentenced to death on charges of separatism, as China continues its crackdown and rights violations in the region despite international outcry.
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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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Newly-uncovered evidence reveals schemes to uproot minorities in China's X
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 3 (ANI): Amid the growing international criticism of human rights abuses in China, newly-uncovered evidence revealed state-run schemes to forcibly uproot, assimilate and reduce the population density of ethnic and religious minorities in the Xinjiang region through c
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UK MPs demand boycott of 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics citing 'genocide' in
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], February 20 (ANI): Calls to boycott the 2022 Winter Olympics have been intensifying steadily due to China's human rights abuses, particularly in the Xinjiang region against the Uyghur Muslims.
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US House reintroduces bill to ban goods from China's Xinjiang
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 19 (ANI): The US House of Representatives on Thursday (local time) reintroduced a bill that would ban imports from China's Xinjiang region unless it is certified they are not produced with forced labour and allow further sanctions against Chinese officials responsib
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China removes Uyghur language as medium of instruction in Xinjiang
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 31 (ANI): As China continues to refute reports of ongoing human rights abuses in the Xinjiang region, another revelation has confirmed that Beijing has removed the Uyghur language instruction from educational institutions in the region.
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Twitter locks account of Chinese Embassy in US over tweet on Uyghur women
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], January 21 (ANI): Twitter has blocked the account of Chinese Embassy in the US over its earlier tweet which claimed that Uyghur women in Xinjiang region are now "emancipated" and no longer "baby-making machines."
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Uyghur refugee shares her 3-year of harrowing ordeal in Chinese 're-educat
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Paris [France], January 18 (ANI): As reports confirming the human rights abuses on Uyghurs in China's Xinjiang region continue to surface, Gulbahar Haitiwaji, an Uyghur woman who was lured back to Beijing from France only to be arrested, has recounted her harrowing experience in the "re-educ
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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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UK chides China for rights abuse of Uyghur minority
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], January 12 (ANI): The United Kingdom on Tuesday blasted China for the "harrowing treatment" of its Uyghur minority and said will introduce new measures to ensure that UK companies are not part of Xinjiang region supply chain.
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Multinationals in US lobby against Xinjiang forced labor bill, says report
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], December 2 (ANI): Nike and Coca-Cola are among the major multinational companies and business organisation lobbying US Congress to water done a bill that would ban imported goods made in China's Xinjiang province, according to a report by the New York Times.
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Reports of China keeping Uyghurs on surveillance confirmed one more time
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Pennsylvania [US], November 9 (ANI): While China continues to refute reports of ongoing atrocities on Uyghurs in Xinjiang region, another revelation has yet again confirmed Beijing using technology for surveillance on the ethnic minority community.
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