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October 10, 2019

U.S. Blacklists Chinese Companies over Imprisonment of Uyghurs
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The United States has blacklisted 28 Chinese companies, government
offices and security bureaus over their alleged role in China's mass
imprisonment of Muslim Uyghurs and other minority groups in the far
western region of Xinjiang. The U.S. Commerce Department said, "These
entities have been implicated in human rights violations and abuses in
the implementation of China's campaign of repression, mass arbitrary
detention, and high-technology surveillance." The move comes days before
trade talks between the U.S. and China.