カテゴリー: Xinjiang
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…
President shown surrounded by smiling and clapping Uyghur residents on first visit in eight yearsChina’s president, Xi Jinping, has paid his first visit to Xinjiang in eight years, as western nations continue to accuse Beijing of genocide against the r…
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…
Michelle Bachelet’s report on alleged rights abuses in China’s Uyghur region remains under wraps despite recent six-day tourPressure to release a long-awaited Xinjiang report is mounting on the UN’s rights head, as her recent six-day visit to China lef…
Analysis: It is a worrying sign that, amid the talk of a ‘new cold war’, even the UN is unable to help bridge the divideUN rights chief Michelle Bachelet’s six-day trip to China began with some controversy, and ended with even more. On Saturday, wester…
US secretary of state says conditions imposed on Michelle Bachelet prevented independent assessment of abuses against Uyghurs, including genocide US secretary of state Antony Blinken has expressed concern over China’s “efforts to restrict and manipula…
Leader warns against using issue as ‘excuse to interfere in internal affairs of other countries’ as Michelle Bachelet goes to XinjiangChina’s leader, Xi Jinping, has spoken with the UN human rights chief, Michelle Bachelet, as she visited the Xinjiang …
Documents detailing shoot-to-kill policy for people who try to escape published as UN human rights chief visits regionA new trove of hacked Chinese police photographs and documents shedding light on the human toll of Beijing’s treatment of its Uyghur m…