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US blacklists 34 companies, including 14 based in China
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], July 9 (ANI): The United States has blacklisted 34 foreign entities, including 14 from China in connection to rights abuses in Xinjiang province, the US Commerce Department said on Friday.
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British lawmakers urge UK govt to act tough against China on rights abuses
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], July 9 (ANI): A group of British lawmakers have urged the Boris Johnson government to take tough action against China over its treatment of the Uyghur community in Xinjiang province.
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China fear 'Terror group' in Xinjiang amid US withdrawal from Afghanistan:
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 8 (ANI): Amid the ongoing US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, China is worried about the instability to come in the country, a revival of the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM), its cross-border agitation and terrorism in Xinjiang region, said scholar Salman Rafi
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US attempt to use human rights to mess up Xinjiang, says China
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 8 (ANI): The United States is not able to contain China's development and spread havoc in Xinjiang province under the pretext of protecting human rights, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin on Wednesday.
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Blinken meets Uyghur internment camp survivors, calls for end of China's g
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 7 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday virtually met Uyghur internment camp survivors, and relatives of individuals detained in Xinjiang, and expressed Washington's commitment to pressure China to halt ongoing genocide against the Uyghurs minority.
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Protest outside Chinese embassy in London on Urumqi massacre's 12th annive
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], July 7 (ANI): Members of the Uyghurs and the Tibetan communities protested outside the Chinese embassy in London to commemorate the 12th anniversary of the Urumqi massacre.
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Canada: Uyghur Muslims launch two-week long walking protest against China
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Toronto [Canada], July 5 (ANI): A 15-day walking protest has been launched against China's massive human rights abuses of Uyghur Muslims by the East Turkistan Association of Canada.
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China among worst countries in US human trafficking report
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], July 4 (ANI): China among worst countries in human trafficking following its increasing repression of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang and Tibet and forced labour, revealed an US report.
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Protest march held in Tokyo remembering July 5, 2009 violence by China in
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 4 (ANI): Members of the Uyghur community held a protest march in Japan's Tokyo on Sunday, to mark the 12th year anniversary of July 5, 2009 violence in Urumqi, Xinjiang.
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China accused in death of Uyghur researcher returning from Japan: Report
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 4 (ANI): Amid China's increasing repression of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang, the suspicious death of Uyghur plant biology researcher in December 2020 at a detention facility in the province has drawn attention on social media, according to a report in
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Kazakh police detain Uyghur activists involved in Xinjiang protests outsid
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Almaty [Kazakhstan], July 3 (ANI): Kazakh police on Thursday detained several activists who were involved in ongoing pickets in front of the Chinese Consulate to demand the release of their relatives held in China's Xinjiang-Uyghur Autonomous Region in Almaty.
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Uniqlo parent company says will 'cooperate fully' with French probe into U
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 3 (ANI): Uniqlo's parent company, Tokyo-based Fast Retailing, said it will "cooperate fully" with the French authorities over their probe into the allegation that its unit and three other fashion retailers concealed crimes against humanity in Xinjiang.
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