US human rights report mentions China's violations in Xinjiang, Hong Kong and Tibet
Apr 16, 2022, at 05:51 am
Washington: The US State Department has released a report where it has described China’s abuses targeting Uyghurs, Hongkongers and Tibetans as among some of the worst human rights violations around the world.
China: Relatives of detained Uyghurs forced to work in Xinjiang factories
Apr 16, 2022, at 05:23 am
Xinjiang, China: Hundreds of family members of detained Uyghur residents of a small community in northwestern China’s Xinjiang region are now forced by authorities to work in local government-run factories, media reports said.
Xinjiang forced labour fears: China slams Norway state fund
Mar 12, 2022, at 02:22 am
Beijing: China has slammed a decision taken by Norway’s sovereign wealth fund to sell off its stake in a Chinese company due to rights concerns, warning the move may cause “unnecessary losses” for Oslo.
Uyghur university lecturer serving 10-year sentence in China's Xinjiang
Mar 10, 2022, at 04:56 am
Xinjiang, China: A Uyghur professor and translator is currently serving 10 years in prison in northwestern China’s Xinjiang region for separatism and promoting Western culture, media reports said on Wednesday.
China's wrath: Uyghur high school principal sent to 18 years in prison
Feb 19, 2022, at 05:20 am
Xinjiang, China: A Uyghur educator and principal of a high school in Korla in Xinjiang region of China has been serving 18 years in prison for inviting two Uyghur scholars to give presentations, media reports said on Friday.
Beijing Olympics to begin amid atrocity crimes: HRW
Jan 29, 2022, at 05:07 am
Beijing: The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics will open amid atrocity crimes and other grave human rights violations by the Chinese government, 243 nongovernmental organizations from around the world said today.
US group asks Elon Musk to shut down Tesla showroom in Xinjiang
Jan 11, 2022, at 10:27 pm
Washington: The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) on Tuesday called on industrialist Elon Musk to close a recently-opened Tesla showroom in China’s Xinjiang region, where Chinese authorities are carrying out a campaign of genocide targeting the Uyghur Muslim minority.
Western nations need to join together against China: Justin Trudeau
Dec 28, 2021, at 01:16 am
Ottawa, Canada: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has asked the West to stand against China and argued that the East Asian country's communist leadership has often been "playing" Western countries against each other.
China imposes retaliatory sanctions on US officials over Xinjiang
Dec 25, 2021, at 04:24 am
Beijing: The Chinese government has announced sanctions on four members of the United States government's Commission on International Religious Freedom in retaliation for penalties imposed on Chinese officials over complaints of abuses in the country’s northwestern Xinjiang region.
Retired Uyghur civil servant dies in Xinjiang internment camp: Report
Dec 23, 2021, at 01:43 am
Beijing: A retired Uyghur civil servant abducted by police and taken to an internment camp more than three years ago died earlier last year, officials said.
US Congress passes bill banning imports from China's Xinjiang region
Dec 18, 2021, at 10:37 pm
Washington: The US Congress recently passed a bill which will require companies to prove that goods imported from China's Xinjiang region were not produced with forced labour, media reports said.
Forced labour in China: US House of Representatives passes bill to ban imports from Xinjiang
Dec 11, 2021, at 03:50 am
Washington: The US House of Representatives on Wednesday approved forced labour legislation that would ban the importation of goods sourced in China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, media reports said on Friday.
Japan's apparel makers join global trend of shunning cotton from Xinjiang region
Nov 24, 2021, at 12:13 am
Japan's apparel makers have joined the global trend of shunning cotton from China's western Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
Nov 18, 2021, at 04:56 am
Washington: US President Joe Biden raised concerns about China’s practices in Xinjiang, Tibet, and Hong Kong, as well as human rights more broadly during his virtual meeting with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.
Nov 17, 2021, at 10:32 pm
Washington: US President Joe Biden raised concerns about China’s practices in Xinjiang, Tibet, and Hong Kong, as well as human rights more broadly during his virtual meeting with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.
Uyghur Atrocities: Protest held outside Chinese Embassy in London
Nov 16, 2021, at 12:47 am
A large number of people demonstrated outside the Chinese Embassy in London on Saturday to protest against Beijing's treatment towards Uyghur community members.
Oct 20, 2021, at 12:38 am
Beijing: China has appointed a Guangdong veteran and two Uygur cadres with significant security and development experience to the Xinjiang Communist Party committee, media reports said on Monday.
CCP appoints US sanctioned Xinjiang official Wang Junzheng as Tibet Unit chief
Oct 20, 2021, at 12:19 am
Beijing: The Chinese Communist Party has appointed Wang Junzheng, the senior official sanctioned by the United States, Britain, the European Union and Canada for his role in China’s far western Xinjiang region, as the Communist Party chief of the Tibet autonomous region, media reports said as quoted by the South China Morning Post.
Chinese police tortured Uyghurs in Xinjiang, reveals ex-cop
Oct 06, 2021, at 12:33 am
A former Chinese police detective has shared chilling information on how hundreds of police officers armed with rifles went house to house in the Uyghur inhabited far western region of China and pulled people out of their residence to handcuff and hood them.
Uyghur issue: US Senate passes bill to ban Xinjiang imports
Jul 16, 2021, at 10:27 pm
Washington: The US Senate has passed a bill to ban imports from Xinjiang region, an episode which has potential to further trigger conflict between Washington and Beijing.
Blinken meets Uyghur internment camp survivors, calls for an end to China’s ongoing genocide
Jul 09, 2021, at 12:30 am
Washington: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with seven Uyghur internment camp survivors, advocates, and relatives of individuals detained in Xinjiang to express the United States’ commitment to work with allies and partners in calling for an end to China’s ongoing crimes against humanity and genocide against Uyghurs and members of other ethnic and religious minority groups in Xinjiang.
Jul 03, 2021, at 08:19 pm
Washington: A US congressional body has asked United Nations Secretary General António Guterres to act on recommendations by UN-appointed monitors and take special measures to investigate alleged human rights abuses by China, media reports said.
Jul 03, 2021, at 05:19 am
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said his country accepted Beijing's version regarding the treatment of Uighur Muslims in China's Xinjiang province.
Imran Khan backs China over Xinjiang, says Islamabad's relationship with Beijing is 'very deep'
Jul 03, 2021, at 03:42 am
Islamabad: Pakistan PM Imran Khan has once again backed China over the persecution of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang and said he believes in Beijing's version of events that goes on in the controversial region.
Forced labour evidenced in solar industries attached to China's questionable Xinjiang region
Jun 26, 2021, at 05:40 am
Beijing: Uyghurs are currently working at a silicon factory in China’s northwestern desert where the temperature even soars to more than 2,000 degrees.
China stung: Canada expresses concern over Xinjiang issue
Jun 25, 2021, at 12:12 am
The Canadian government has expressed deep concern about the human rights situation in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
US adds five Chinese companies to export restrictions list over human rights abuses
Jun 24, 2021, at 02:21 pm
Washington/Sputnik: The US government placed five Chinese companies on its Entity List that restricts their ability to receive exports, the Commerce Department said in a document.
Imran Khan draws flak for his Uyghur remarks
Jun 23, 2021, at 02:27 am
Washington/Islamabad: Critics have slammed PM Imran Khan over his recent statement on Chinese treatment towards Uyghur Muslims where he asked why the world was fixated on Xinjiang while ignoring what India was doing in Kashmir.
China sanctions Belgian lawmaker for motion which alerts about genocide risk against Xinjiang Uygurs
Jun 19, 2021, at 04:31 am
Beijing: Beijing has sanctioned a Belgian lawmaker who called for a proposal warning of a risk of genocide against Uygur Muslims in Xinjiang, a region which has always triggered international criticisms over China's alleged treatment towards the Uyghur Muslim community.
Chinese census data showed migration hiked Han population in Xinjiang
Jun 16, 2021, at 06:18 am
Beijing: A 2020 Chinese census report has revealed that the Han population in China’s western region of Xinjiang grew faster than the ethnic minority Uygur population over the last decade, media reports said.