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Sunday, November 3, 2024
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Topic: Uyghur Muslims

US bans cotton imports from China’s Xinjiang producer over ‘slave labour’

Trump administration and other critics have targeted cotton from China, which supplies about one-third of US apparel, as a way to increase pressure over mass detention of Uighurs.

US and 38 allies slam China at UN over Xinjiang and Hong Kong

The criticism comes as China’s ties with the West are at their worst in decades, with Donald Trump making a tough stance on Beijing a key element of his re-election campaign.

TV anchors outrage over Uyghurs in China, but stay quiet about Indian Muslims

After cheering the ban on Chinese apps, the latest coping mechanism of Indian TV news seems to be focusing on the plight of the Uyghur Muslims in China.

Trump allows US to punish Chinese officials for ill-treatment of Uyghur Muslims

Legislation signed by Trump requires US to sanction Chinese officials found responsible for oppression of Uighurs & members of other Muslim minority groups.

China didn’t spare the Uyghurs even in times of pandemic, pushed them to Covid frontlines

China has sent thousands of Uyghurs to its manufacturing powerhouses at Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangzi and Zhejiang to keep its factories after the lockdown.

I saw my Uyghur friends disappear when I was in China

Uyghur migrant friends began to tell me, in whispers or coded text messages, that they had to go back home and they could no longer contact me.

Detained for veil, clicking on foreign website — Leaked China document on Uyghur Muslims

A leaked Chinese government document shows how Uyghur Muslims in China's "re-education" camps pray, dress and behave with family members.

US lawmakers restart effort to sanction Chinese officials for treatment of Uyghurs

The House passed an amended version of Senator Marco Rubio’s bill in December, but several concerns, and a pending impeachment trial, have slowed things down.

Arsenal star Mesut Özil receives major backlash after voicing support for Uyghurs in China

China’s national TV broadcaster cancelled Arsenal’s Premier League game Sunday in response to the footballer's posts on Twitter and Instagram.

TikTok restores US teen’s account suspended for viral video on state of Uyghurs in China

American teenager Feroza Aziz had posted a series of videos that initially looked like makeup tutorials, but decried China's mass detention of Uyghur Muslims.

On Camera

As a Hindu Canadian, I am deeply hurt by cancellation of Diwali. My community is now sidelined

Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

Indian firms sanctioned by US didn’t violate laws, says MEA. Hyderabad firm that supplied to Army on list

Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.