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US accuses China of campaign against companies over Xinjiang ties

WASHINGTON: The United States condemned what it called a “state-led” social media campaign in China against US and other international companies for deciding not to use cotton from China’s Xinjiang region over forced labour concerns. State Department spokeswoman Jalina Porter

Uighur Muslim women are being forced to sleep with Chinese men

The coverage of one of China’s worst human rights abuses the mass detainment of over a million Muslim Uighurs in northwest Xinjiang has increased over the past year. According a report by Radio Free Asia released in November, a forced-living

US imposes visa restrictions on Chinese officials over Uighur issue

WASHINGTON: The United States has imposed visa restrictions on Chinese government and Communist Party officials it believes responsible for the detention or abuse of Muslim minorities in Xinjiang province, the U.S. State Department. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo cited the