The Uyghur Region is being used as a source of cheap labour and cheap coal, and also as a dumping ground for the most hideous of environmental hazards, says a new investigative study. The report released this month is a collaboration between the Helena Kennedy Centre for International Justice at Read more ………
News: Amir of Tehreek-e-Labbaik, Allama Saad Hussain Rizvi, has said while speaking with media that if NA-240 by-election was rigged they will protest. The TLP is a religious political party and will continue to struggle in a democratic and parliamentary system. If the PTI has faced 10% of the TLP’s Read more ………
The China Social Media Reciprocity Act introduced in the US House of Representatives seeks to allow sanctions to be imposed on senior Chinese government and CCP officials, their spokespersons, or individuals and agents who do their bidding. This is a tit for tat move. The President can, however, provide exemptions Read more ………
Two vetern Chinese human rights lawyers Xu Zhiyong and Ding Jiaxi are expected to face trial more than two years after they have been detained, says a media report quoting friends and legal sources. The Intermediate People’s Court of Linyi in Shandong province issued a notice on Monday informing Xu Read more ………
United Nations human rights commissioner Michelle Bachelet, who has decided to not seek a second term, has admitted that there were limitations on her recent visit to Xinjiang. “I was not able to speak to any detained Uyghurs or their families. I was accompanied by government officials while in the Read more ………
NEWS An important meeting of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is underway in Germany. The Pakistani delegation is led by Minister of State for External Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar. Sources said decisions taken at the plenary session of the Financial Action Task Force will be announced on 17th June. Read more ………
Ned Price, Department Spokesperson, fielded a wide range of questions at his media briefing on June 14 afternoon. Some Excerpts QUESTION: I just want to ask very briefly if you’re aware of Brittney Griner’s detention being extended by the Russians. MR PRICE: So I’ve seen those reports. I’ve seen the Read more ………
A mystery has finally been solved for Anwar, a Uyghur American, says Voice of America (VOA) while reporting on the fall-out of what have come to be known as Xinjiang Police Files. Anwar wants only his first name be used for fear of “too much political attention”. He had been Read more ………
The International Labour Organization (ILO) has decided to send a delegation to China to evaluate the disparities faced by Uighurs and other ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang region. It will be a “delegation of technical advisors”, not a “high-level delegation” required by countries such as the United Kingdom, the United Read more ………
China and Pakistan on Sunday called for stronger cooperation in counter-terrorism two months after an attack killed three Chinese nationals in Karachi. General Zhang Youxia, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission told Pakistan Army Chief Gen Bajwa,in Beijing that China would “promote deeper relations between the two militaries”, according to Read more ………
China aims to double its wind and solar capacity by 2025, according to a new road map to bolster energy security of the Middle Kingon, which has the dubious distinction of being the world’s biggest polluter.. The world’s biggest polluter earlier estimated it needs to double wind and solar use Read more ………
