Xinjiang
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‘The world must boycott’: Australian Uyghur calls for more pressure on Beijing Games
Almas Nizamidin, whose wife has been sentenced to seven years in prison in Xinjiang, says a diplomatic boycott…
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Uyghurs subjected to genocide by China, unofficial UK tribunal finds
Independent report says crimes include torture and the systematic suppression of birthsUyghur people living in…
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Xinjiang: Twitter closes thousands of China state-linked accounts spreading propaganda
Content was often ‘embarrassingly’ produced and pumped out via repurposed accounts, analysts sayTwitter has sh…
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Airbnb allegedly hosts Xinjiang rentals on land owned by sanctioned group
Listing properties on land owned by XPCC, which has been linked to human rights abuses, risks breaching US reg…
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Leaked papers link Xinjiang crackdown with China leadership
Secret documents urge population control, mass round-ups and punishment of UyghursExcerpts from previously unp…
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Global activists gather at Rome G20 to demand tougher action on China
Counter-meeting attendees urge leaders not to let China off hook over human rights abuses in return for climat…
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Chinese effort to gather ‘micro clues’ on Uyghurs laid bare in report
Authorities using predictive policing and human surveillance on Muslims in Xinjiang, thinktank saysAuthorities…
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Prominent campaigner for Uyghur rights in Xinjiang barred from Kazakhstan
Dual US and Russian national Gene Bunin has documented the plight of Muslim minorities in China’s western regi…
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China will tread carefully in navigating the Taliban’s return
Analysis: Difficult to predict how China will deal with its volatile neighbour, but Uyghur issue could prove c…
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Morocco authorities arrest Uyghur activist at China’s request
Supporters fear Yidiresi Aishan will be extradited and say arrest is politically drivenMoroccan authorities ha…
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EU votes for diplomats to boycott China Winter Olympics over rights abuses
Non-binding resolution also calls for governments to impose further sanctions on China as tensions riseThe Eur…
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France investigates fashion brands over forced Uyghur labour claims
Uniqlo France among four firms suspected of profiting from crimes against humanity in XinjiangFrench prosecuto…
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US bans target Chinese solar panel industry over Xinjiang forced labor concerns
Commerce secretary says US is making good on G7 pledge to clean up global supply chainsThe Biden administratio…
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UN warns of worst ‘cascade of human rights setbacks in our lifetimes’
Rights chief calls for concerted global action, citing recent violations in China, Russia and EthiopiaThe UN r…
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Hungary’s LGBT protests and Juneteenth Day: human rights this fortnight – in pictures
A roundup of the coverage on struggles for human rights and freedoms from China to Colombia Continue reading..…