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Blinken: Chinese govt continues to commit 'genocide' in Xinjiang
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 1 (ANI): The United States on Tuesday called on the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet to publish its report on the situation concerning human rights of Uyghurs in Xinjiang and said that the Chinese government continues to commit 'genocide' in the
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ILO raises 'deep concern' over China's 'discriminatory' labour regulations
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], February 27 (ANI): The International Labour Organization (ILO) in its annual report raised "deep concerns" about China's "discriminatory" labour regulations in Xinjiang.
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Europe taking note of China's poor human rights record, underhand tactics:
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Beijing [China], February 27 (ANI): The poor human rights records of China together with underhand tactics of Chinese businesses have led to toughening of the stance of European countries, a media report said on Saturday.
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China committing systematic genocide of Uyghurs: Report
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], February 25 (ANI): The Uyghur genocide in China is the characterization of the series of ongoing human rights abuses against other ethnic and religious minorities in Xinjiang by the Chinese government, resulting in the severe birth drop in the region.
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US law prohibiting imports made with forced Uyghur labor infuriates China
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, February 24 (ANI): The new American law prohibiting foreign companies to source their imports from forced labor in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) has infuriated Beijing, local media reported.
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Tourist rental platform Airbnb earns profit from listings in Tibet, Xinjia
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], February 23 (ANI): Tourist rental platform Airbnb has seen growth in the Chinese market with around 700 accommodation listings in Tibet and East Turkestan (Chinese: Xinjiang), politically sensitive regions.
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Turkish fraudsters try to steal money from bank account of detained Uyghur
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 23 (ANI): Fraudsters in Turkey were trying to steal money from the bank account of detained Uyghur businessman, Ekber Imin who is serving a 25-year prison sentence in China's Xinjiang region.
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Taiwan 'firmly oppose' Beijing's designs at Winter Olympics
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], February 20 (ANI): After an Olympics spokeswoman used a news event for remarks on Taiwan and Xinjiang, Taipei on Friday rebuked Chinese 'propaganda' at Beijing Winter Olympics.
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UN rights chief can visit Xinjiang but won't allow probe, says Chinese FM
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], February 20 (ANI): Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has said that UN Human Rights Chief Michelle Bachelet can visit Xinjiang but the Beijing doesn't welcome any investigation in the region.
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Companies in paradox as winning in China now means losing somewhere else
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], February 20 (ANI): Multinational firms that are trying to comply with new import restrictions from other countries have found themselves facing penalties in China.
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China sentences Uyghur high school principal to 18 years in prison
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 19 (ANI): China sentenced an Uyghur educator and principal of a high school in Korla (Kuerle in Chinese) in northwestern China's Xinjiang region to 18 years in prison for inviting two Uyghur scholars to give presentations.
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Mass detention of Uyghurs by Chinese govt 'egregious form of settler colon
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 18 (ANI): Highlighting that the Chinese government has detained about 1.8 million Uyghurs since 2017, an anthropologist said that the mass detentions are part of China's settler colonialism and resource extraction in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR).
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