BEIJING: Hundreds of thousands of ethnic minority workers in northwest China Xinjiang The region is forced to pick cotton through a coercive state scheme, according to a report. The investigation released Monday by the Washington-based think tank Center for Global Policy is likely to put more pressure on global brands …
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Chinese authorities have demolished thousands of mosques in Xinjiang, an Australian think tank said on Friday, in the latest report on widespread human rights abuses in the troubled region. Human rights groups say more than a million Uighurs and other, mostly Muslim, Turkish-speaking people have been imprisoned in camps across …
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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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A de-radicalization program launched by the Pakistani military for militants surrendered in the troubled Balochistan province has an Islamist projection, with leaders of hard-line groups such as Jamaat-e-Islami taking part in the training courses, according to documents at those accessed by the Hindustan Times. The de-radicalization and rehabilitation program, started …
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