Uyghurs
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Bachelet’s Xinjiang visit is emblematic of the growing divide between China and the west
Analysis: It is a worrying sign that, amid the talk of a ‘new cold war’, even the UN is unable to help bridge …
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Blinken criticises Chinese ‘manipulation’ of high-profile UN visit to Xinjiang
US secretary of state says conditions imposed on Michelle Bachelet prevented independent assessment of abuses …
- Asia Pacific, China, Human rights, Michelle Bachelet, United Nations, Uyghurs, World news, Xi Jinping, Xinjiang
Xi Jinping defends China’s human rights record to visiting UN commissioner
Leader warns against using issue as ‘excuse to interfere in internal affairs of other countries’ as Michelle B…
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Thousands of detained Uyghurs pictured in leaked Xinjiang police files
Documents detailing shoot-to-kill policy for people who try to escape published as UN human rights chief visit…
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UN rights chief’s visit to China will be held in ‘closed loop’, Beijing says
Michelle Bachelet begins trip amid fears that authorities will use Covid restrictions as cover to limit her ac…
- Asia Pacific, China, Human rights, Michelle Bachelet, Religion, United Nations, US news, Uyghurs, World news, Xinjiang
UN human rights commissioner criticised over planned Xinjiang visit
Exclusive: Politicians accuse China of organising a ‘Potemkin-style tour’ for Michelle BacheletA group of 40 p…
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World’s highest jailing rate found in Uyghur county of China, data leak suggests
One in 25 people sentenced to prison on terrorism-related charges in Konasheher, Xinjiang province, where Comm…
- Asia Pacific, China, Europe, Fashion, Fashion industry, Forced labour, Germany, Uyghurs, World news, Xinjiang
Xinjiang cotton found in Adidas, Puma and Hugo Boss tops, researchers say
Traces in shirts and T-shirts appear to contradict German firms’ promises to revise supply chainsResearchers s…
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UK considering ban on NHS procurement of Chinese goods made in Xinjiang
Tory MPs want ministers to follow health bill amendment banning goods from regions with ‘risk of genocide’Mini…
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UN human rights chief to visit China, including Xinjiang, in May
Michelle Bachelet’s announcement comes as 192 groups call for release of long-postponed report into regionThe …
- China, Europe, Greece, Human rights, Sport, Uyghurs, Winter Olympics, Winter Olympics Beijing 2022, World news
Trial of protesters against Beijing Olympics postponed in Greece
Lawyers say delay in case against three defendants including a Briton is to avoid embarrassing China The trial…
- Asia Pacific, China, Digital media, Instagram, Joe Biden, Paralympics, Social media, TikTok, US news, Uyghurs, Winter Olympics 2022
China hires western TikTokers to polish its image during 2022 Winter Olympics
Influencers told to extol country’s virtues on social media despite diplomatic boycotts of Beijing Games over …
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Sport is indifferent to the Uyghur genocide: the Warriors investor said the quiet part out loud
The NBA has owned the inside track on the sports world’s most coveted growth market, with operations worth abo…
- Arms trade, Asia Pacific, China, Europe, Global development, Human rights, Law, LGBT rights, Myanmar, Poland, Protest, Russia, South and Central Asia, Turkey, Uyghurs, World news
Increased repression and violence a sign of weakness, says Human Rights Watch
Watchdog’s latest report argues autocrats around the world are getting desperate as opponents form coalitions …
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US sanctioned China’s top facial recognition firm over Uyghur concerns. It still raised millions
SenseTime raised $512m from non-US investors and recently debuted on the Hong Kong stock exchangeSenseTime, Ch…