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US Calls On China To End Repression Of Uyghurs, Religious Minority Groups
The US State Department expressed disappointment on Friday, on the second anniversary of a United Nations report on human rights in Xinjiang, and called on China to take action and end the current repression of Muslim Uyghurs.
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China Arbitrarily Detained Over 1 Million Uyghurs From 2017 To 2023: US Report
A recent report by the United States has shed light on a series of human rights violations in China, including arbitrary arrests, restrictions on freedom of expression, and systemic abuses against ethnic minority groups.
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US Bars Imports From 3 More Chinese Firms On Uyghur Labour Concerns
The United States widened a trade blacklist Friday taking aim at forced labor concerns involving Uyghurs and other minorities in China.
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Joe Biden Expresses "Solidarity" With China's Uyghur Muslims
President Joe Biden expressed "solidarity" Thursday with China's embattled Uyghur minority in a message to Muslims around the world as they celebrate the holy month of Ramadan.
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UN Report On Xinjiang: US Urges China To Stop "Atrocities" Against Uyghurs
The White House called on China on Thursday to immediately cease "atrocities" against Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities and urged Beijing to allow unfettered access to Xinjiang.
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"Crimes Against Humanity": UN On Minorities Doing Forced Labour In China
Minorities have been drafted into forced labour in China's Xinjiang region in sectors such as agriculture and manufacturing, a report by an independent UN expert has concluded, in what it said could amount to "enslavement as a crime against humanity"
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UN Rights Chief Under Spell Of China Propaganda, Allege Activists
Beijing's propaganda machine has outwitted the United Nations human rights chief on her visit to China, campaigners say, leaving the envoy accused of playing a role in whitewashing abuses against minorities in Xinjiang.
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Fake Twitter Accounts Found Spreading Chinese Propaganda: Report
US-based intelligence company Nisos says it uncovered more than 600 fake Twitter accounts spreading a positive narrative of China's far-western Xinjiang region, as Beijing was being accused of human rights abuses and locking up hundreds of thousands of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities there.
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US Urges UN To Release Report On China's Uyghur Muslims Before Winter Olympics
US lawmakers Tuesday called on the UN human rights chief to release a report on Xinjiang, where Washington accuses China of perpetrating a genocide against minority Uyghur Muslims, before the start of the Beijing Winter Olympics.
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US Hits China With New Trade Curbs, Sanctions Over Uyghur Rights
The United States on Thursday unleashed a volley of actions to censure China's treatment of the Uyghur minority, with lawmakers voting to curb trade and a slew of new sanctions over high-tech surveillance.
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China's Uyghur Genocide Report "Deeply Disturbing": UN
The UN on Friday labelled as "deeply disturbing" a report by a London panel of lawyers and rights experts accusing China of genocide against its Uyghur minority.
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UK Bans Chinese Envoy From Parliament, Beijing Condemns "Cowardly" Move
China's Ambassador to the UK Zheng Zeguang has been barred from the UK Parliament over sanctions imposed on some British MPs for their remarks on alleged human rights violations against Uyghur minorities in Xinjiang.
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Relocate 2022 Winter Olympics If China Does Not End Abuses: US Lawmakers
A group of US lawmakers has called on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to postpone the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and relocate the games unless China ends the ongoing "genocide" against Uyghurs and other minority groups.
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US Sanctions 34 Companies Over China, Russia, Iran Ties
The United States on Friday announced sanctions against 34 companies and other entities involved with China's military and policy towards the Uyghur Muslim minority, and for facilitating exports to Russia and Iran.
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US' Antony Blinken Meets China's Uyghur Internment Camp Survivors
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday met Uyghur survivors of internment camps in China's Xinjiang region, in a visit aimed at highlighting Beijing's alleged "genocide" against the Muslim minority group.
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US Calls On China To End Repression Of Uyghurs, Religious Minority Groups
The US State Department expressed disappointment on Friday, on the second anniversary of a United Nations report on human rights in Xinjiang, and called on China to take action and end the current repression of Muslim Uyghurs.
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China Arbitrarily Detained Over 1 Million Uyghurs From 2017 To 2023: US Report
A recent report by the United States has shed light on a series of human rights violations in China, including arbitrary arrests, restrictions on freedom of expression, and systemic abuses against ethnic minority groups.
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US Bars Imports From 3 More Chinese Firms On Uyghur Labour Concerns
The United States widened a trade blacklist Friday taking aim at forced labor concerns involving Uyghurs and other minorities in China.
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Joe Biden Expresses "Solidarity" With China's Uyghur Muslims
President Joe Biden expressed "solidarity" Thursday with China's embattled Uyghur minority in a message to Muslims around the world as they celebrate the holy month of Ramadan.
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UN Report On Xinjiang: US Urges China To Stop "Atrocities" Against Uyghurs
The White House called on China on Thursday to immediately cease "atrocities" against Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities and urged Beijing to allow unfettered access to Xinjiang.
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"Crimes Against Humanity": UN On Minorities Doing Forced Labour In China
Minorities have been drafted into forced labour in China's Xinjiang region in sectors such as agriculture and manufacturing, a report by an independent UN expert has concluded, in what it said could amount to "enslavement as a crime against humanity"
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UN Rights Chief Under Spell Of China Propaganda, Allege Activists
Beijing's propaganda machine has outwitted the United Nations human rights chief on her visit to China, campaigners say, leaving the envoy accused of playing a role in whitewashing abuses against minorities in Xinjiang.
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Fake Twitter Accounts Found Spreading Chinese Propaganda: Report
US-based intelligence company Nisos says it uncovered more than 600 fake Twitter accounts spreading a positive narrative of China's far-western Xinjiang region, as Beijing was being accused of human rights abuses and locking up hundreds of thousands of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities there.
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US Urges UN To Release Report On China's Uyghur Muslims Before Winter Olympics
US lawmakers Tuesday called on the UN human rights chief to release a report on Xinjiang, where Washington accuses China of perpetrating a genocide against minority Uyghur Muslims, before the start of the Beijing Winter Olympics.
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US Hits China With New Trade Curbs, Sanctions Over Uyghur Rights
The United States on Thursday unleashed a volley of actions to censure China's treatment of the Uyghur minority, with lawmakers voting to curb trade and a slew of new sanctions over high-tech surveillance.
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China's Uyghur Genocide Report "Deeply Disturbing": UN
The UN on Friday labelled as "deeply disturbing" a report by a London panel of lawyers and rights experts accusing China of genocide against its Uyghur minority.
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UK Bans Chinese Envoy From Parliament, Beijing Condemns "Cowardly" Move
China's Ambassador to the UK Zheng Zeguang has been barred from the UK Parliament over sanctions imposed on some British MPs for their remarks on alleged human rights violations against Uyghur minorities in Xinjiang.
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Relocate 2022 Winter Olympics If China Does Not End Abuses: US Lawmakers
A group of US lawmakers has called on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to postpone the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and relocate the games unless China ends the ongoing "genocide" against Uyghurs and other minority groups.
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US Sanctions 34 Companies Over China, Russia, Iran Ties
The United States on Friday announced sanctions against 34 companies and other entities involved with China's military and policy towards the Uyghur Muslim minority, and for facilitating exports to Russia and Iran.
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US' Antony Blinken Meets China's Uyghur Internment Camp Survivors
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday met Uyghur survivors of internment camps in China's Xinjiang region, in a visit aimed at highlighting Beijing's alleged "genocide" against the Muslim minority group.
