Authorities in China’s far-western Xinjiang region used the Chinese government’s 100-day crackdown on criminals and fugitives to target Uyghurs deemed “religious extremists” and “two-faced,” a police officer in a major city said. The campaign was rolled out by Wang Xiaohong, a close ally of Chinese President Xi Jinping who was Read more ………
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is using increasingly elaborate online tactics to counter information about human rights abuses in western China’s Xinjiang region in hopes of influencing audiences across the globe, according to a new report. In response to criticism of its mistreatment of Uyghurs and other Turkic minorities in 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 ………
The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA), which President Joe Biden signed into law in December, is set to take effect June 21. Under the law, U.S. Customs and Border Protection will treat any goods that are made in Xinjiang , either wholly or in part, as the product of forced labor unless the Read more ………
By a landslide margin, the European Parliament has adopted a position stating that China’s alleged human rights abuses in Xinjiang hold a “serious risk of genocide” says a media report. 513 lawmakers voted in favour of the resolution on Thursday in Strasbourg, France. There were 14 abstentions and one vote Read more ………
Social media tweets last year froze 2,160 personal accounts suspected of being disguised by China’s online army, which intensively posted on Uighur human rights issues to whitewash China. After analysing the content of the posts on these accounts, it was found that at least 45 of them were posted in Read more ………
As the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet and her team are visiting China from May 23 to 28, human rights groups, including Amnesty International have said the U.N. rights chief “must address crimes against humanity and gross human rights violations” in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Read more ………
Excerpts from the press conference held by Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian on May 19, 2022. He fielded questions on a wide variety of issues. China News Service: According to a US Department of Justice report released on May 17, domestic gun makers produced 11.3 million firearms in 2020, roughly Read more ………
A top U. S. official on Tibet has visited Dharamsala and met Tibetan leaders. Uzra Zeya, who was appointed as the State Department’s special coordinator for Tibetan issues in December 2021, arrived with her delegation at the seat of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) on Wednesday in what is Read more ………
China’sForeign Ministry Spokesperson, Zhao Lijian, held his regular press briefing on May 12 and 13, and fielded a wide range of questions– Covid 19 pandemic, to North Korea, US-ASEAN summit to Uyghur issue, Hong Kong elections to Ukraine war, and Sri Lanka debt. Given below are some excerpts. First from Read more ………
The vibrant marketplace’s destruction is seen is part of China’s plan to force Uyghurs to assimilate. The travel guide Lonely Planet advises visitors to Kashgar, China, to fight the crowds that gather at its Sunday Grand Bazaar and let their senses loose to the smells of spices, the softness of Read more ………
