Geopolitics

Treatment to Uyghurs: US imposes sanctions on 11 Chinese companies over human rights abuses

Wasington: The US Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) added to the Entity List 11 Chinese companies implicated in human rights violations and abuses in the implementation of the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) campaign of repression, mass arbitrary detention, forced labor, involuntary collection of biometric data, and genetic analyses targeted at Muslim minority groups from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR). more

Religious freedom conditions in China continued to deteriorate: US report

Washington: An annual American report on religious freedom has said China continues to create a high-tech surveillance state, utilizing facial recognition and artificial intel ...

China lodges protest with US regarding bill to sanction Beijing over treatment of Uyghurs

Beijing/Sputnik: China has lodged a strong protest with the United States regarding the bill passed in the US Congress to impose sanctions on China for alleged violations of the rights of ...

Uyghur rights advocate Nury Turkel appointed in the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom

Washington: Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announced the appointment of Nury Turkel, a lawyer and Uyghur rights advocate, to the U.S. Commission on Internatio ...