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UN rights chief's first visit to China seems to be 'wasted historic opport
Updated : 1 day, 22 hours ago IST
Beijing [China], June 27 (ANI): The recent visit of the UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet to China could be a golden chance to investigate the human rights situation in areas like Xinjiang and Tibet and to hold Beijing accountable for its abuses against Uyghurs and Tibetans, but it seems tha
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Biden under pressure to fight China's forced-labour industry in Xinjiang
Updated : 3 days, 17 hours ago IST
Beijing [China], June 26 (ANI): Though US President Joe Biden signed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act to ban imports of any products connected to forced-labour practices in China's northwest Xinjiang region, it came to light that some administration figures and business interests are f
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Ill-treatment of Uyghurs by China to be investigated: ICC
Updated : 3 days, 20 hours ago IST
Beijing [China], June 25 (ANI): In a radical step, a group of lawyers has knocked on the doors of the International Criminal Court (ICC) against China's increasing atrocities toward Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslim populations in the Xinjiang region.
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Uyghur American elected as chairman of US Commission on International Reli
Updated : 4 days, 10 hours ago IST
Washington [US], June 25 (ANI): Uyghur-American lawyer Nury Turkel, who was born in Kashgar in a detention camp during China's Cultural Revolution was unanimously elected chair of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF).
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Chinese propaganda at UNHRC and Michelle Bachelet's embarrassing trip to X
Updated : 5 days, 6 hours ago IST
Beijing [China], June 24 (ANI): In a series of events in the last one month, China has managed to fool the international community, and specifically the United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC).
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China braces for US ban on import of products from Xinjiang
Updated : 6 days, 10 hours ago IST
Beijing [China], June 23 (ANI): The import of Chinese goods manufactured by forced labour in Xinjiang province will now be blocked after the US-sponsored Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act came into effect on June 21.
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US import ban over China's forced labour in Xinjiang takes effect
Updated : 1 week ago IST
Washington [US], June 22 (ANI): A US law banning imports from China's Xinjiang province took effect on Tuesday, a move aimed at addressing Beijing's use of forced labour among the Uyghur minority.
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China: US law against Uyghur forced labour takes effect
Updated : 1 week, 1 day ago IST
Washington [US], June 21 (ANI): The United States government should vigorously enforce a new law that aims to prevent imports linked to forced labour by Uyghurs and other persecuted groups in China, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said.
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Civil society calls for urgent measures to protect Uyghurs at risk of refo
Updated : 1 week, 4 days ago IST
Munich [Germany], June 17 (ANI): A group of 22 refugee and human rights groups and 50 Uyghur organizations are calling on governments and international organizations to take urgent steps to protect Uyghurs and other Turkic peoples at imminent risk of refoulement, a pro-Uyghur announced on Fr
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47 countries voice concern over China's treatment of Uyghurs in Xinjiang
Updated : 1 week, 6 days ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 16 (ANI): Forty-seven countries voiced concern about abuses in China's far-western Xinjiang region, and demanded that the United Nations rights chief publish a long-delayed report on Uyghurs' repression.
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China constructs new airport in Xinjiang region, stirs controversy
Updated : 1 week, 6 days ago IST
Beijing [China], June 16 (ANI): A new airport constructed by China in the Xinjiang region has stirred controversy that whether "it is defense? attack? development? or something else".
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Chinese research on Xinjiang mummies promotes revisionist history, feel ex
Updated : 2 weeks, 1 day ago IST
Beijing [China], June 14 (ANI): A new Chinese study on Xinjiang mummies shows that the earlier inhabitants of the region were of mixed ethnicities, but scientists have cautioned that the country could use these findings to support its policy to forcibly assimilate Uyghur Muslims who form the
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