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UK court to hear Uyghur demands to ban Xinjiang cotton

October 25, 2022 12:27 pm

The region is a major global supplier of cotton, but rights groups have long alleged that the cotton is picked and processed by China’s Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslim minorities in a widespread, state-sanctioned system of forced labor.

China rejects UN report on Uyghur rights abuses in Xinjiang

September 01, 2022 1:45 pm

The assessment released late Wednesday by the U.N. human rights office in Geneva concluded that China has committed serious human rights violations under its anti-terrorism and anti-extremism policies.

UN rights chief hopes finally to release report on China's Uyghurs in coming week

August 25, 2022 9:13 pm

The report has been in the works for three years and promised for months but has not been published for unclear reasons.

Uyghur county in China has highest prison rate in the world

May 17, 2022 2:21 pm

The list of at least 10,000 imprisoned Uyghurs in the Konasheher county is by far the biggest to emerge to date, reflecting the sheer size of a Chinese government campaign that swept an estimated million or more people into internment camps and prisons.

Explained: What message did China send by choosing Uyghur torchbearer?

February 06, 2022 2:43 pm

China has steadfastly rejected international criticism of its crackdown on Uyghurs, the treatment that the US government and others have said is tantamount to genocide.

French city objects to Zara store extension in part over Uyghur probe

November 30, 2021 10:47 pm

The local town hall spokeswoman said two of the three people who voted against the store extension were elected officials from the city of Bordeaux

Australian university says Chinese Uyghur study breached ethics code

September 15, 2021 11:03 pm

Curtin University said that the study published by the academic Wanquan Liu and co-authors at Chinese universities in 2018 was conducted without its knowledge and had breached its ethics code.

Detainee says China has secret jail in Dubai, holds Uyghurs

August 16, 2021 4:32 pm

While "black sites" are common in China, Wu's account is the only testimony known to experts that Beijing has set one up in another country.

‘They have my sister’: as Uyghurs speak out, China targets their families

July 28, 2021 11:55 am

As Beijing has intensified its repression in Xinjiang in recent years, more Uyghurs living overseas have felt compelled to speak out about mass internment camps and other abuses against their families back home.

As summit ends, G7 urged to deliver on vaccines, climate

June 13, 2021 2:00 pm

At the G-7, Johnson described Biden as a “breath of fresh air.” French President Emmanuel Macron, after speaking one-to-one with Biden, said, “It’s great to have a U.S. president part of the club and very willing to cooperate.”

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