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Bailing out China at variance with Beijing's belligerenceSo, how did India end up abstaining? Because as a matter of principle, India does not vote on country-specific human rights issue. Reason: ...08 Oct, 2022, 01.28 AM IST- MEA defends decision to abstain from 'Xinjiang rights abuses' voteIndia along with Ukraine, Armenia, Brazil and others had abstained during the UNHRC vote. Sources recalled China didn't take a strident ant...08 Oct, 2022, 01.25 AM IST
- Human rights of people of Xinjiang should be respected and guaranteed: India"India remains committed to upholding all human rights. India's vote is in line with its long held position that country specific resolutio...07 Oct, 2022, 07.06 PM IST
- India abstains from voting in UNHRC over holding debate on rights situation in China's XinjiangThe draft resolution on "holding a debate on the situation of human rights in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China" was rejected ...07 Oct, 2022, 11.34 AM IST
- India along with Brazil abstain on UNHRC vote on XinjiangThe United States and its allies last month presented the first-ever draft decision to the UHRC targeting China on Xinjiang. The draft deci...06 Oct, 2022, 09.40 PM IST
- The US’ Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act will impact solar panels to apparel — businesses must uphold human rights: Michael H. Posner"I started the Center for Business and Human Rights in the NY U Business School some years ago. Our focus is on how global companies operat...28 Jul, 2022, 10.37 PM IST
- US SEC rejects Apple bid to block shareholder proposal on forced labourA group of shareholders earlier this year asked Apple's board to prepare a report on how the company protects workers in its supply chain f...23 Dec, 2021, 12.18 PM IST
- China hits out at criticism over Xinjiang, Tibet and Hong KongXinjiang in particular has prompted Washington to slap sanctions on a growing list of Chinese politicians and companies as well as a diplom...21 Dec, 2021, 03.25 PM IST
- US hits China with new trade curbs, sanctions over Uyghur rightsRights experts, witnesses and the US government say more than one million Uyghurs and other Turkic-speaking Muslims are incarcerated in cam...17 Dec, 2021, 06.35 AM IST
- US House votes to punish China over Uyghur treatmentThe US House of Representatives on Wednesday passed legislation banning imports from China's Xinjiang region over its treatment of the Uygh...09 Dec, 2021, 10.18 AM IST
- EU threatens to freeze huge investment deal with ChinaEU lawmakers adopted a resolution in which they condemned "the baseless and arbitrary sanctions" imposed by Beijing on European individuals...20 May, 2021, 10.51 PM IST
- China sanctions UK figures over Xinjiang as rift widens with WestOn Friday China announced sanctions against nine UK individuals and four entities, saying they had "maliciously spread lies and disinformat...26 Mar, 2021, 09.55 AM IST
- Why US accused China of genocide and what's nextPompeo cited forced birth control among Uighurs, which an investigation documented last year, and forced labor, which has been linked by AP...20 Jan, 2021, 03.17 PM IST
- China declines to acknowledge Biden victoryWhile incumbent Donald Trump has yet to concede and has launched several legal challenges, many world leaders congratulated Biden and runni...09 Nov, 2020, 10.16 PM IST
- US House of Representatives votes to ban imports from China's Xinjiang over forced laborDespite opposition by US businesses, the act passed 406-3 in a sign of growing outrage over Xinjiang, where activists say more than one mil...23 Sep, 2020, 08.29 AM IST
- Kamala Harris' nomination adds 'fuel to fire' for China-US conflict: Chinese observersHarris in the past called for increasing pressure on China for human rights violations against Uygur Muslims of Xinjiang and the crackdown ...12 Aug, 2020, 06.03 PM IST
- US lawmakers consider Olympic rights message to ChinaA resolution has been introduced in the US House of Representatives asking China to end human rights abuses.24 Jul, 2008, 10.08 AM IST
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