カテゴリー: Uyghurs
Report finds stock indexes provided by MSCI include companies using forced labour or constructing surveillance state in XinjiangMany of the world’s largest asset managers and state pension funds are passively investing in companies that have allegedly …
Researchers say spyware is connected to a Chinese government-backed hacking groupCybersecurity researchers have discovered a spyware campaign that is targeting Uyghurs by “masquerading” as Android apps including messaging services, prayer time apps and…
World Uyghur Forum brings high court challenge against government agencies over Xinjiang cotton importsUK government agencies have broken the law by not investigating the importation of cotton products manufactured by forced Uyghur labourers in China, …
Battle over influence at Human Rights Council, with Beijing warning of ‘politicisation of human rights’Western powers are weighing the risk of a potential defeat if they table a resolution at the UN Human Rights Council calling for an independent commi…
Campaigners criticise failure of UN report to label China’s crackdown on Muslim minorities genocide“I feel like my house is on fire, it’s burning down and my children, my family is trapped inside,” said Zumrat Dawut via video link. “I scream and scream…
Gerry Brownlee says report on human rights violations in Xinjiang recognises China is ‘dealing with a terrorist problem’New Zealand’s shadow foreign affairs spokesperson said a UN report on the human rights abuses of Uyghurs includes recognition that C…
Sir Geoffrey Nice QC says outgoing human rights chief’s report on China makes it easier for international community to do nothingThe UN’s failure to mention the word genocide in its report alleging serious human rights violations by China against Uyghu…
Damning report cites human rights violations against Uyghur Muslims in north-west Chinese provinceChina has committed “serious human rights violations” against Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang province that could amount to crimes against humanity, the outgoi…
Governments urged to launch formal investigations after UN findings on treatment of Muslims in XinjiangGovernments around the world should establish formal independent investigations into human rights abuses in Xinjiang, victims and human rights groups…
Michelle Bachelet issues report minutes before her term ends, detailing ‘credible’ reports of torture, forced sterilization and internmentThe outgoing UN human rights commissioner, Michelle Bachelet, has said that China had committed “serious human rig…
Fashion industry told to avoid cotton from Xinjiang, which accounts for 84% of China’s exports of the productThe fashion industry has been told it must wean itself off cotton from China’s Xinjiang region, as a new law comes into force giving US border …
Michelle Bachelet says she was supervised by China officials throughout six-day visit that critics have called a propaganda coup for BeijingMichelle Bachelet has said wasn’t able to speak to any detained Uyghurs or their families during her controversi…
Michelle Bachelet, strongly criticised over Xinjiang visit, cites personal reasons for decisionThe United Nations’ human rights chief has announced her decision to step down, citing “personal reasons”, amid weeks of speculation following her recent Chi…
Open letter signed by academics in wake of Michelle Bachelet’s China visit demands release of UN report on human rights abusesDozens of scholars have accused the UN human rights chief of having ignored or contradicted academic findings on abuses in Xin…