Uyghurs
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Hong Kong police tell people not to download ‘secessionist’ mobile game
Players face possible arrest for downloading Taiwan-developed Reversed Front: Bonfire, which lets them ‘overth…
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Exiled pro-democracy activist on being Uyghur during Tiananmen Square protests – video
In 1989, a young Uyghur named Örkesh Dölet was a student leader in the Tiananmen Square protests. Throughout t…
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US offered to resettle Uyghurs that Thailand deported to China, sources say
Canada and US said they would take 48 people held in Thai detention, according to officials, but Bangkok said …
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Thailand deports dozens of Uyghurs to China despite torture fears
Rights experts say group, who have been detained for more than 10 years, face risk of disappearance and impris…
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Relatives plead with Thailand not to deport 48 Uyghur men to China
Detainees fear their return could be imminent despite UN experts urging Bangkok to halt possible transferRelat…
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Thousands of imports enter Australia from firms blacklisted by US over alleged Uyghur forced labour links
Imports of a range of products, including parts for Sydney Metro vehicles, increase despite US bans on dozens …
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We are in despair at the Labour party’s U-turn on Uyghur genocide ruling | Letter
Dr Gillian Hughes, Dr Charlotte Burck, Dr Julia Nelki and Julia Granville the on the Uyghur Tribunal and David…
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Uyghur activist accuses Labour of failing to stand up to China
Rahima Mahmut, in exile in the UK, ‘disappointed’ at failure to describe Beijing’s crackdown on minority as ge…
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David Lammy raises human rights and Ukraine in Beijing talks
Foreign secretary discussed China’s treatment of Uyghurs and support of Russia as well as ‘areas of cooperatio…
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Labour backtracks on push for genocide ruling on China’s treatment of Uyghurs
Exclusive: Party drops plan for formal recognition laid out last year by David Lammy, who will visit Beijing o…
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China has renamed hundreds of Uyghur villages and towns, say human rights groups
Report finds that religious, historical and cultural references have been removed in crackdown by BeijingHundr…
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Genetics journal retracts 17 papers from China due to human rights concerns
Researchers used samples from populations deemed by experts and campaigners to be vulnerable to exploitation, …
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German firm BASF to pull out of Xinjiang after Uyghur abuse claims
Chemicals producer says audits revealed no wrongdoing but recent media reports crossed red lineThe German chem…
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German firm BASF urged to quit Xinjiang over ‘gross abuses’ of Uyghurs
Exclusive: Politicians say chemicals producer ‘appears to be implicated’ in abuses of minorities in Chinese pr…
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China’s human rights record criticised at UN as it faces rare scrutiny of policies
UK, US and others use universal periodic review to speak out over Xinjiang, Tibet and Hong KongThe UK, the US …