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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…
Read MoreUS 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…
Read MoreLeader 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 …
Read MoreDocuments 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…
Read MoreMichelle Bachelet begins trip amid fears that authorities will use Covid restrictions as cover to limit her accessChina has said the UN rights chief’s visit to the country this week will be conducted in a “closed loop” as previously agreed with the UN,…
Read MoreExclusive: Politicians accuse China of organising a ‘Potemkin-style tour’ for Michelle BacheletA group of 40 politicians from 18 countries have told the UN high commissioner for human rights that she risks causing lasting damage to the credibility of h…
Read MoreOne in 25 people sentenced to prison on terrorism-related charges in Konasheher, Xinjiang province, where Communist party represses Muslim minorityNearly one in 25 people in a county of the Uyghur heartland of China has been sentenced to prison on terr…
Read MoreTraces in shirts and T-shirts appear to contradict German firms’ promises to revise supply chainsResearchers say they have found traces of Xinjiang cotton in shirts and T-shirts made by Adidas, Puma and Hugo Boss, appearing to contradict the German clo…
Read MoreMichelle Bachelet due to visit Uyghur region in May after United Nations long pushed China for ‘unfettered, meaningful’ accessA United Nations team is in China ahead of a visit to Xinjiang, in preparation for the human rights commissioner’s long sought…
Read MoreOvalbek Turdakun was given special authorization to enter the US after he had been imprisoned in detention camp in China Ovalbek Turdakun still doesn’t know what was in the shot the doctors in the Xinjiang detention centre gave him in 2018. He and his …
Read MoreTory MPs want ministers to follow health bill amendment banning goods from regions with ‘risk of genocide’Ministers are looking “sympathetically” at plans to stop the government buying health goods made in China’s Xinjiang province when the health and …
Read MoreSecretary general says he expects Xi Jinping to allow ‘credible’ visit to troubled region during meeting on Winter Olympics sidelinesUN secretary general Antonio Guterres told leaders in Beijing he expects them to allow UN human rights chief Michelle B…
Read MoreVrije Universiteit will also return €250,000-plus it received in 2021 for rights centre that denied forced labour camps exist in XinjiangA decision by a leading Dutch university to refuse all further Chinese funding for a controversial study centre has…
Read MoreThe NBA has owned the inside track on the sports world’s most coveted growth market, with operations worth about $5bnThe US state department has described the Uyghur human rights issue as a genocide and the largest-scale detention of an ethno-religious…
Read MoreUS chipmaker was criticised in China for asking suppliers to avoid the sanctions-hit region, and now faces ‘cowardice’ accusation at homeUS chipmaker Intel has deleted references to Xinjiang from an annual letter to suppliers after the company faced a …
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