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US commission says new evidence has emerged that ‘crimes against humanity – and possibly genocide – are occurring’.
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US Customs and Border Protection alleges the goods are made with forced labour from detained Uighur Muslims.
![A perimeter fence is constructed around what is officially known as a vocational skills education centre in Dabancheng in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China September 4, 2018 [Thomas Peter/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/77b099d752a840759f6a6f6ca5658fb3_18.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)
Foreign secretary slams rights abuses and outlines new rules banning imports of goods suspected of...
![Gulshan's sister Rushan Abbas said the charges stemmed from activism by her and her brother Rishat Abbas, both of whom are based in the United States [File: Leah Millis/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2020-07-03T000000Z_259259349_RC2ULH9RS88C_RTRMADP_3_USA-PROTESTS.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
The call to release Gulshan Abbas came as China urged Washington to halt ‘lies, smears’.
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The US exonerated Ayoub Mohammed after four years at Guantanamo Bay, but Canada has rejected his residency application.
![A sign warning against 'uncivilized behavior' is displayed as spectators watch a street performance in the main bazaar in Urumqi, Xinjiang autonomous region in 2018 [File: Bloomberg]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/333234268.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Report says Alibaba facial recognition tech can specifically pick out members of China’s Uighur minority.
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Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said it cannot act on the complaint because China is not a signatory to The Hague-based court.
![Abdusalam holds up a photo of his Uighur wife Nadila Wumaier and their baby son Lutfy in Sydney in 2019 [File: Peter Parks/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/000_1IU88H.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
China had stopped Sadam Abdusalam’s wife and son from leaving Xinjiang by confiscating their passports.
![Griezmann, a 29-year-old forward who was one of the leading members of the France team that won the 2018 World Cup in Russia, has been a Huawei brand ambassador since 2017 [File: Joan Monfort/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/AP_19216670990414.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Footballer cited reports that the Chinese telecoms giant was involved in the surveillance of Uighur Muslims.
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US secretary of state renews calls for US universities to close Beijing-funded Confucius Institutes on campuses.
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Rights group says Chinese policing programme selects people for arrest for ‘everyday, lawful’ behaviour.
![China faces scrutiny over its detention of more than one million Uighur Muslims in the Xinjiang region [File: Lee Jin-man/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/6bf03ee8bc7b4548a18f9d582e08316b_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
The advanced computer chips were allegedly used by China to conduct mass surveillance on Uighurs.
![An April 2020 report said that the Xinjiang government has signed a deal to open a hog farm for local consumption in Kashgar, an area that is 90-percent Muslim Uighur [File: How Hwee Young/EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/h_50848399-1.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Former detainees say they were forced to eat pork in re-education camps and detention centres.
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US blocks cotton made by firm in China’s Xinjiang province, saying it uses forced labour of Uighur Muslims.