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Researchers used samples from populations deemed by experts and campaigners to be vulnerable to exploitation, including Uyghurs and TibetansA genetics journal from a leading scientific publisher has retracted 17 papers from China, in what is thought to…
Read MoreChemicals producer says audits revealed no wrongdoing but recent media reports crossed red lineThe German chemicals producer BASF has said it will withdraw from its two joint ventures in Xinjiang, after media reports about alleged human rights abuses r…
Read MoreExclusive: Politicians say chemicals producer ‘appears to be implicated’ in abuses of minorities in Chinese provinceThe German chemicals producer BASF “appears to be implicated in gross abuses” of Uyghurs in Xinjiang and should withdraw from the Chines…
Read MoreUK, US and others use universal periodic review to speak out over Xinjiang, Tibet and Hong KongThe UK, the US and several other countries criticised China’s human rights record on Tuesday as the country was subjected to rare scrutiny of its policies at…
Read MoreCampaigners say testing is among methods used to surveil people in the tightly controlled regionThe US biotech company Thermo Fisher has halted sales of its DNA identification kits in Tibet, nearly five years after it made a similar commitment about th…
Read MoreExclusive: Study published in 2019 used blood and saliva samples from 203 Uyghur and Kazakh people living in Xinjiang capitalConcerns have been raised that academic publishers may not be doing enough to vet the ethical standards of research they publis…
Read MoreCalls for legislation after dozens of brands identified as being at risk of sourcing materials linked to China’s transfer programmesA “substantial volume” of clothing tainted by the use of Uyghur forced labour is entering the European Union market, acc…
Read MoreBeijing says labour transfers are poverty alleviation tool, but research raises concerns schemes are not voluntaryCarbon credits at risk of link to Uyghur forced labour bought by BP and SpotifyXinjiang, a region of north-west China that is about three …
Read MoreParliamentarians from 15 countries urge reduction in vote to signal disapproval of country’s crackdown on Uyghur populationAn effort is under way to drive down the Chinese vote at the UN human rights council this week in an attempt to show continuing w…
Read MoreHuman rights group says Rahile Dawut lost appeal after being convicted in 2018 on charges of promoting ‘splittism’A leading Uyghur professor who disappeared six years ago is reported to have sentenced to life in prison by Chinese authorities for “endan…
Read MoreAfter years of assault on Uyghur traditions and ways of life, the Chinese government is pumping cash into repackaging a state-approved version of Uyghur culture to attract domestic and foreign travellers. Photographer Pedro Pardo visits the tourist are…
Read MoreWhen hundreds of my fellow Uyghurs started disappearing into ‘re-education camps’ every day, it became clear that it was only a matter of time before I would be detained. So my wife and I got ready to run Continue reading…
Read MoreExclusive: Report says optics of western firms organising Xinjiang tours amid ‘crimes against humanity are disastrous’Uyghur advocates have called on western tourism companies to stop selling package holidays that take visitors through Xinjiang, where …
Read MoreVisit was Chinese president’s second to the region since crackdown on Uyghurs began almost a decade agoThe Chinese president, Xi Jinping, has made a surprise visit to Xinjiang, urging officials in the region to conserve “hard won social stability” and …
Read MoreWhen hundreds of my fellow Uyghurs started disappearing into ‘re-education camps’ every day, it became clear that it was only a matter of time before I would be detained. So my wife and I got ready to runOne day in mid-March 2017, I had just finished g…
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