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UN: China’s mistreatment of the Uyghurs amounts to modern-day slavery

August 17, 2022 Catholic News Agency 4

Uyghur women work in a cloth factory in Hotan county, Xinjiang province, China. / Azamat Imanaliev/Shutterstock

St. Louis, Mo., Aug 17, 2022 / 14:54 pm (CNA).
A new report from the United Nations on modern slavery provides further documentation… […]

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Senate sends Uyghur forced labor bill targeting China to Biden’s desk

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Uyghur women work in a cloth factory in Hotan county, Xinjiang province, China. / Azamat Imanaliev/Shutterstock

Washington D.C., Dec 16, 2021 / 17:25 pm (CNA).
The U.S. Senate passed a bipartisan bill on Thursday, Dec. 16 banning goods made wit… […]

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Coptic archbishop: Condemning persecution of non-Christians follows the example of Christ

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Washington D.C., Jul 27, 2021 / 10:30 am (CNA).
Christians around the world must speak out against all religious persecution – including against the Muslim Uyghurs, the Coptic Orthodox Archbishop of London t… […]

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Senate passes legislation restricting imports from Uyghur forced labor

July 15, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

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Washington D.C., Jul 15, 2021 / 14:01 pm (CNA).
A bipartisan bill to prohibit goods made by enslaved Uyghurs from entering the United States passed the Senate on Wednesday, July 14. The Uyghur Forced Labor Prot… […]

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Uyghur survivor of China’s detention camps testifies to their brutality

July 14, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

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Washington D.C., Jul 14, 2021 / 13:00 pm (CNA).
Warning: graphic and disturbing content below. Reader discretion is advised.A two-time survivor of China’s detention camps in Xinjiang described suffering physical an… […]

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Members of Congress call for boycott of 2022 Olympics in Beijing

May 18, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

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Washington D.C., May 18, 2021 / 17:00 pm (CNA).
Congressional leaders called for a boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics – if they are held as scheduled in Beijing – due to the ongoing “genocide” against Uyghurs in China.“In g… […]

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Hundreds of Muslim clerics have been detained in China’s Xinjiang region

May 17, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Uyghurs at a mosque in Kashgar, Xinjiang, China, September 2010. / Preston Rhea via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Urumqi, China, May 17, 2021 / 16:44 pm (CNA).
New research has shown that amid a widespread “reeducation” effort in a region of China— whi… […]

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Report: China committing ‘crimes against humanity’ in Xinjiang

April 20, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

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Washington D.C., Apr 20, 2021 / 04:00 am (CNA).
An international human rights organization has declared that China’s actions in the province of Xinjiang amount to crimes against humanity.  […]

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China blacklisting companies that have stopped sourcing from Xinjiang

March 26, 2021 CNA Daily News 0

Washington D.C., Mar 26, 2021 / 04:05 pm (CNA).- U.S. companies must stand strong and ensure their supply chains in China are not tainted with forced labor, one human rights advocate told CNA on Friday. 

China has begun blacklisting U.S. companie… […]

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China imposes sanctions on leading British Catholic human rights campaigner

March 26, 2021 CNA Daily News 0

CNA Staff, Mar 26, 2021 / 09:00 am (CNA).- The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) imposed sanctions Friday on a leading British Catholic human rights campaigner who highlighted widespread abuses in Xinjiang.

The Chinese authorities announced the measures M… […]

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