カテゴリー: Xinjiang
Arrested in 2013 on India’s Himalayan border after fleeing Beijing’s ‘genocide’ against Muslims in Xinjiang, the siblings have been imprisoned indefinitely ever since thenOn the evening of 12 June 2013, according to court documents, three “Chinese intr…
Growth in international hotels coincides with government effort to push region as a tourism destination Almost 200 international hotels are operating or planning to open in Xinjiang, despite calls from human rights groups for global corporations not t…
Canada and US said they would take 48 people held in Thai detention, according to officials, but Bangkok said to have feared upsetting ChinaCanada and the US offered to resettle 48 ethnic Uyghurs held in detention in Thailand over the past decade, sour…
Rights experts say group, who have been detained for more than 10 years, face risk of disappearance and imprisonmentDozens of Uyghurs have been deported from Thailand to China in the face of warnings from human rights experts that there is a high risk …
Detainees fear their return could be imminent despite UN experts urging Bangkok to halt possible transferRelatives of Uyghurs detained in Thailand for more than a decade have begged the Thai authorities not to deport the 48 men back to China, after the…
Imports of a range of products, including parts for Sydney Metro vehicles, increase despite US bans on dozens of companiesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia is allowing thousands of imports from Chinese companies black…
Dr Gillian Hughes, Dr Charlotte Burck, Dr Julia Nelki and Julia Granville the on the Uyghur Tribunal and David Lammy’s visit to ChinaWe were deeply disturbed to read your report about David Lammy’s visit to China that highlighted how our Labour governm…
Rahima Mahmut, in exile in the UK, ‘disappointed’ at failure to describe Beijing’s crackdown on minority as genocideA leading Uyghur activist has accused the Labour government of “falling behind” its allies in failing to stand up to China, after minist…
Foreign secretary discussed China’s treatment of Uyghurs and support of Russia as well as ‘areas of cooperation’David Lammy pressed his Chinese counterpart on human rights concerns and China’s support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine during talks in Be…
Exclusive: Party drops plan for formal recognition laid out last year by David Lammy, who will visit Beijing on FridayUK politics live – latest updatesLabour has backtracked on plans to push for formal recognition of China’s treatment of the Uyghurs as…
Report finds that religious, historical and cultural references have been removed in crackdown by BeijingHundreds of Uyghur villages and towns have been renamed by Chinese authorities to remove religious or cultural references, with many replaced by na…
Chemicals 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…
Exclusive: 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…
UK, 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…
Campaigners 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…