The accounts came from three exiles living in Turkey who are to give their testimonies tomorrow at a tribunal in London which is investigating whether Beijing s actions amount to genocide.
Shoshanna Solomon is The Times of Israel s Startups and Business reporter
Illustrative: In this March 15, 2018, file photo, Uighurs and their supporters rally across the street from United Nations headquarters in New York. Members of the Uighur Muslim ethnic group are calling on China to post videos of their relatives who have disappeared into a vast system of internment camps. The campaign follows the release of a state media video showing famed Uighur musician Abdurehim Heyit, who many believed had died in custody. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
Israel-based cybersecurity researchers said they have uncovered an ongoing cyberattack campaign targeting high-profile targets in the Uighur community, a Turkic ethnic minority group, both in China and Pakistan.
IT was 9pm but the sky of Hotan town was still bright.
This is one of the unique features of the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region located in the northwestern side of China.
The prefecture moved its clock ahead by two hours to match the time in Beijing when the country decided to implement one time zone following the formation of a new China.
This resulted in the locals having to adjust their routine by starting work at 10am. They get a two-hour lunch and nap break and end their day at 8pm.
Xinjiang is a beautiful place of vast desert basins with stunning scenery and mountains covered in snow are visible on clear sunny days.
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Uzbekistan emerging as preferred cotton supplier as buyers turn away from China due to forced labour concerns ANI | Updated: May 18, 2021 14:27 IST
Beijing [China], May 18 (ANI): Despite ranking second globally in cotton production, China has come under immense international pressure, with critics accusing it of labour abuses in Xinjiang, prompting buyers to look elsewhere for cotton supplies to avoid the political fallout.
In this scenario, Uzbekistan, the world s sixth-biggest cotton producer, is emerging as a preferred supplier as buyers turn their back on supplies from China, after a decade-long international boycott over forced labour, writes Mimi Lau for South China Morning Post (SCMP).
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