According to Human Rights Watch (HRW), a big data program in China’s Xinjiang “arbitrarily selects” Muslims for detention, pointing to behaviors such as wearing a veil, studying the Koran or going on the Hajj pilgrimage. In a new report on Wednesday, the rights group said it analyzed a leaked list …
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The United States has revoked the terror label for the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM), an Islamic extremist organization that Beijing has blamed for the attacks in its western Xinjiang region. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo signed the order removing ETIM from the list of terrorist groups on October …
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The US national security adviser said on Friday that China was perpetrating “something like” genocide in its treatment of Muslims in its Xinjiang region. “If it is not genocide, something similar is happening in Xinjiang,” Robert O’Brien said at an online event organized by the Aspen Institute, while highlighting other …
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The president of the United States, Donald Trump. REUTERS / Jonathan Ernst Items include cotton, clothing, hair products and electronics from five specific manufacturers in Xinjiang and neighboring Anhui. AFP Last update: September 15, 2020 8:01 AM IST FOLLOW US: The United States announced on Monday that it would block …
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