China sanctions US company and two human rights activists over their work in Xinjiang

In response to the work of the US company Charon and two researchers in Xinjiang, China imposed sanctions, intensifying the dispute over human rights.

China has sanctioned US company Kharon and two human rights researchers for work in the Xinjiang region, where the Chinese abuse human rights against minority groups, particularly the Uighurs.

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China has sanctioned a US company and two human rights researchers for work related to the Xinjiang region, intensifying a dispute between the countries over forced labor allegations.

Kharon is a Los Angeles-based company that helps leading organizations identify a wide range of sanctions and risks critical to financial crime, export controls, investment risk, and more.

The sanctions include freezing the company's assets in China, banning the entry of two of the company's employees into the country, and banning Chinese companies from working with the company.

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China has been accused of sending millions of minorities to re-education camps in the Xinjiang region as a way to curb terrorism.

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China has defended its Uyghur camps in Xinjiang, saying they are crucial to fighting terrorism and providing job training to minorities.

But the United States has said China's crackdown on the Uyghurs amounts to "genocide," and the United Nations has condemned China's persecution of the Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims.