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UK lawmakers declare Uyghur treatment by China a genocide

Apr 25, 2021, at 11:38 pm

London: British lawmakers recently unanimously declared China's ongoing crackdown in Xinjiang a genocide, adding more pressure on Beijing.

Uyghur issue: British House of Commons says China carrying out genocide

Apr 24, 2021, at 12:12 am

London/UNI: The British House of Commons has declared that genocide is taking place against Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in north-west China.

US house resolution now urges Joe Biden to China's Uyghur 'genocide' issue to UN

Apr 18, 2021, at 02:43 am

Washington: US House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) and Ranking Member Michael McCaul (R-TX) introduced a resolution condemning the genocide being committed by the People’s Republic of China (PRC), under the direction and control of the Chinese Communist Party, against the Uyghurs and other ethnic and religious minority groups.

Bipartisan US bill would grant priority refugee status to China's Uyghurs:  Lawmakers

Apr 14, 2021, at 03:39 pm

Washington/Sputnik: China’s Uyghur minority subject to government repression would become eligible for prioritized US refugee status under legislation introduced by Senators Marco Rubio and Chris Coons.

US wishes to discuss boycotting 2022 Beijing Olympics with allies, partners

Apr 07, 2021, at 02:51 pm

Washington/Sputnik: The US government plans to discuss with its allies and partners jointly boycotting the 2022 Winter Olympics Games in Beijing, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Tuesday.

Boycotting Xinjiang cotton is now a human rights issue: Taiwanese legislative speaker

Apr 02, 2021, at 05:46 pm

Taipei: Taiwanese Legislative Speaker You Si-kun has said boycotting cotton from China’s Uyghur region of Xinjiang is no longer just a political issue now but it has turned to a human rights factor.

USCIRF condemns Chinese sanctions on Chair Gayle Manchin and Vice Chair Tony Perkins

Apr 02, 2021, at 05:39 pm

Washington: The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has strongly condemned the Chinese government’s sanctions on USCIRF Chair Gayle Manchin and Vice Chair Tony Perkins, imposed in an apparent retaliation for U.S. sanctions on Chinese officials and for USCIRF’s consistent criticism of the Chinese Communist Party government’s atrocities against Uyghur and other Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang.

China: Parents of missing Uyghur children describe horror of family separation

Mar 29, 2021, at 04:09 pm

Beijing: The exiled families of Uyghur children held in state “orphanages” in the Chinese region of Xinjiang described the torment of being separated in a new piece of Amnesty International research released today.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi says US to hold China accountable for human rights abuses

Mar 26, 2021, at 05:20 pm

Washington: US Speaker Nancy Pelosi recently slammed China and said Washington will hold Beijing accountable for human rights abuses against the Uyghurs in Xinjiang as well as against people in Tibet and Hong Kong.

Eliminate racial discrimination: World Uyghur Congress calls for action on UN Day

Mar 24, 2021, at 12:30 am

New York: On the occasion of the United Nations (UN) International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) reminded the world the need for urgent action to address the Uyghur genocide.

US, Britain, Canada express 'deep concern' over China's human rights violations and abuses in Xinjiang

Mar 23, 2021, at 03:10 pm

Beijing: The United States, Britain and Canada have expressed deep concern regarding China’s alleged human rights violations and abuses in Xinjiang.

World Uyghur Congress calls on US Secretary of State to address Uyghur genocide on eve of US-China meeting

Mar 21, 2021, at 06:54 am

Washington: On the occasion of the first high-level, in-person meeting between United States (US) and Chinese officials under the Biden administration on Thursday in Alaska, the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) has urged US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, to adequately address the Uyghur genocide, along with several other recommendations.

US accuses China of 'grandstanding' in Alaska bilateral meeting: Statement

Mar 19, 2021, at 08:47 pm

Washington/Sputnik: The Biden administration is accusing China of grandstanding during the US-China meeting in Alaska between top diplomat and security officials, a senior US administration official said in a statement.

Uyghur crisis: US labour group writes to Biden administration to cut off solar products from China's Xinjiang region

Mar 19, 2021, at 06:08 pm

Washington: A US labour group has asked President Joe Biden and his government to cut off imports of solar energy products from China’s Xinjiang region from where the allegation of forced labour has often emerged.

Antony Blinken says will raise issue of Uyghurs in meeting with Chinese officials next week

Mar 11, 2021, at 03:18 pm

Washington/Sputnik: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said during a congressional hearing that he will raise concerns over the treatment of Uyghurs in China's Xinjiang province during a meeting with Chinese officials in Alaska next week.

Rights group activists discuss atrocities by China in Tibet, East Turkistan and Hong Kong

Mar 03, 2021, at 05:52 pm

A pro-Tibet group named Global Alliance For Tibet and Persecuted Minorities (GMPM) recently held a panel discussion on the human right abuses in Tibet, East Turkistan and Hong Kong on Sunday.

CFU appreciates Dutch Parliament's move to recognize Uyghur genocide

Mar 01, 2021, at 05:21 pm

London: Campaign for Uyghurs (CFU) on Saturday said it appreciated  the Dutch House of Representatives for recognizing the Chinese regime’s abuses against the Uyghur people as a genocide.

Uyghurs praise Canadian parliament decision to declare China's treatment of the community genocide

Mar 01, 2021, at 04:38 pm

Ottawa: Campaign for Uyghurs group has called Canada’s House of Commons move of  adopting a non-binding motion calling on the Trudeau government to declare the actions of the Chinese authorities against the Uyghurs in Xinjiang province a genocide as 'encouraging'.

Imran Khan posing as standard-bearer of Islam would create problems for Pakistan: Opinion piece

Mar 01, 2021, at 04:23 pm

Islamabad: A leading Pakistani newspaper has opined that PM Imran Khan’s mixing of politics and religion to gain support from religious quarters has taken a dangerous direction.

China: Teacher shares her 'horrific' experience of Uyghur detention camp

Feb 26, 2021, at 03:43 am

Beijing: Qelbinur Sidik, who was assigned the task of teaching at a Chinese government-run detention center in Xinjiang, has said she has witnessed 'horrific tragedy' in the centres.

Exiled dissidents demonstrate outside FATF Paris hdqs demanding action against Pakistan

Feb 22, 2021, at 03:44 am

Paris: Around 30-40 exiled dissidents from Balochistan, Tibet, Hong Kong and of the Pashtun and Uyghur communities demonstrated outside the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) headquarters here on Saturday and urged action against Pakistan, media reports said.

After completing term, Uyghur man re-imprisoned for 18 years

Feb 22, 2021, at 01:23 am

Beijing: A Uyghur man who spent 18 years in prison following an incident of deadly unrest in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) was once again sentenced to similar years of imprisonment, media reports said.

Xinjiang forced labour: US and Europe are seeking to exclude the region from polysilicon supply chains

Feb 18, 2021, at 07:22 pm

Beijing: Solar companies in the US and Europe are seeking to exclude the Xinjiang region of China from their supply chains after reports emerged that polysilicon produced  there is linked with forced labor of detained Uighur Muslim minorities, media reports said.

Britain passes amendment to trade law which may block future trade deals with China

Feb 06, 2021, at 05:49 pm

London: An amendment to a British trade law that would potentially block future trade deals with China over alleged genocide in the Xinjiang region has cleared a key legislative hurdle, reports South China Morning Post.

Uighur women subjected to systematic rape in Xinjiang camps: Report

Feb 06, 2021, at 05:11 pm

London: An investigative report published by BBC has revealed that women in China's "re-education" camps for Uighurs have been systematically raped, sexually abused, and tortured.

China: Uyghur language removed as medium of instruction in Xinjiang

Feb 02, 2021, at 12:26 am

Beijing: One county in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) is no more offering Uyghur language to instruct students, adding one more episode of persecution by the authority on the minor population, media reports said.

Uyghur: British Jewish national target China on Holocaust Memorial Day

Jan 30, 2021, at 03:51 pm

London: A leading British Jewish national said there are chilling similarities between contemporary events in China’s northwest Xinjiang province and the Holocaust.

China is calling all independent coverage in Xinjiang as fake news: Report

Jan 22, 2021, at 03:06 am

Trying to keep all developments in the region under tight restriction, China is allegedly calling all  independent coverage in the Xinjiang region as 'fake news'.

Uyghur woman Gulbahar Haitiwaji reveals her days of torment in Chinese camps

Jan 20, 2021, at 02:45 am

Beijing: An Uyghur woman, who was lured back to China from France only to be arrested, interrogated and abused, has penned down her experiences in a book where she said in the camps run by Beijing the thought of life and death do not remain the same as it is in the normal world.