Lina K 21/11/2023 Lina K 21/11/2023

How Uyghur Forced Labor Makes Seafood That Ends Up in School Lunches

Uyghurs and North Koreans are forced to work in Chinese seafood processing plants. But the United States government purchases millions of dollars of this seafood for the military and school lunches.

Lina K 19/07/2022 Lina K 19/07/2022

Hikvision Interrogation Solution For PRC Police

Hikvision has a custom PRC China interrogation solution that integrates with tiger chairs, metal restraining devices used by Chinese police to lock detainees' hands and feet while they are being interrogated, IVPM reported today.

Lina K 30/06/2022 Lina K 30/06/2022

China Destroyed Muslim Culture In This Ancient City — Then Turned It Into Disneyland

The government’s campaign in Kashgar began with CCTV cameras watching people pray. Now it features tourists taking Instagram selfies.

Lina K 25/06/2022 Lina K 25/06/2022

‘An Invisible Cage’: How China Is Policing The Future

Across China, the police are buying technology that harnesses vast surveillance data to predict crime and protest before they happen, targeting people whose behavior or characteristics are suspicious in the eyes of an algorithm and the Chinese authorities, even if they’ve done nothing wrong.

Lina K 21/06/2022 Lina K 21/06/2022

Four Takeaways From a Times Investigation Into China’s Expanding Surveillance State

China is collecting a staggering amount of personal data from everyday citizens at a previously-unknown scale, a Times investigation has found.

Lina K 21/06/2022 Lina K 21/06/2022

China’s Surveillance State Is Growing. These Documents Reveal How.

A Times Investigation analyzing over 100,000 government bidding documents found that China’s ambition to collect digital and biological data from its citizens is more expansive and invasive than previously known.

Lina K 14/06/2022 Lina K 14/06/2022

How Vinyl Flooring Made With Uyghur Forced Labor Ends Up at Big Box Stores

A new report details the toll taken by the flooring industry, painting a devastating picture of oppression and pollution in the Uyghur region.

Lina K 21/02/2022 Lina K 21/02/2022

China's Global Dragnet

Since 1997, the Chinese government has engaged in an unprecedented scale of abuse and reprisals – often called “transnational repression” – against Uyghurs living abroad. These are the 440 people in 40 countries known to have faced detention, deportation, and more from 1997 until March 2021.

Lina K 18/01/2022 Lina K 18/01/2022

The Big Business of Uyghur Genocide Denial

A New Lines investigation reveals a network of charities funneling millions into left-wing platforms that take Beijing’s side on the genocide allegations — and they’re all connected to an American tech magnate.

Lina K 13/01/2022 Lina K 13/01/2022

Hugo Boss And Other Big Brands Vowed To Steer Clear Of Forced Labor In China — But These Shipping Records Raise Questions

Amid rising tensions and the approaching Beijing Olympics, the US banned Xinjiang cotton last year. But Hugo Boss still took shipments from Esquel, which gins cotton in Xinjiang.

Lina K 18/12/2021 Lina K 18/12/2021

Special Report: Amazon partnered with China propaganda arm

Amazon.com Inc was marketing a collection of President Xi Jinping's speeches and writings on its Chinese website about two years ago, when Beijing delivered an edict, according to two people familiar with the incident.

Lina K 10/09/2021 Lina K 10/09/2021

The Uyghur Tribunal - Hearing Session 2

The Uyghur Tribunal was launched in September 2020 as an independent people’s tribunal to investigate ‘ongoing atrocities and possible Genocide’ against the Uyghurs, Kazakhs and other Turkic Muslim Populations. The Uyghur Tribunal, which has no powers of sanction or enforcement, will confine itself to reviewing evidence in order to reach an impartial and considered judgment on whether international crimes are proved to have been committed by the PRC. There will be two sets of Hearings, at which witnesses will present live evidence. These will be open to the public and streamed live. The first hearings took place between 4 and 7 June 2021. Click here to view recorded livestreams of the second set of hearings from 10 to 13 September 2021.

Lina K 31/08/2021 Lina K 31/08/2021

China’s Surveillance State: A Global Project

Researchers reveal the global reach of Huawei's surveillance tools and uncover the U.S. companies that facilitate China's surveillance state.

Lina K 21/07/2021 Lina K 21/07/2021

China Can Lock Up A Million Muslims In Xinjiang At Once

This investigation reveals the full capacity of China's previously secret network of prisons and detention camps in Xinjiang: enough space to detain more than 1 million people.

Lina K 11/07/2021 Lina K 11/07/2021

The foreigners in China’s disinformation drive

Foreign video bloggers denouncing what they say is negative coverage of China on highly controversial subjects such as Xinjiang are attracting large numbers of subscribers on platforms like YouTube. In recent years, the "vloggers" have been increasingly presenting themselves as China-lovers, spreading Communist Party disinformation.

Lina K 04/06/2021 Lina K 04/06/2021

The Uyghur Tribunal - Hearing Session 1

The Uyghur Tribunal was launched in September 2020 as an independent people’s tribunal to investigate ‘ongoing atrocities and possible Genocide’ against the Uyghurs, Kazakhs and other Turkic Muslim Populations. The Uyghur Tribunal, which has no powers of sanction or enforcement, will confine itself to reviewing evidence in order to reach an impartial and considered judgment on whether international crimes are proved to have been committed by the PRC. There will be two sets of Hearings, at which witnesses will present live evidence. These will be open to the public and streamed live. Recorded livestreams of the first set of hearings from 4 to 7 June 2021 are available here.

Lina K 13/05/2021 Lina K 13/05/2021

Uyghur imams targeted in China's Xinjiang crackdown

China has imprisoned or detained at least 630 imams and other Muslim religious figures since 2014 in its crackdown in the Xinjiang region, according to new research by a Uyghur rights group. Many of the detained clerics faced broad charges like "propagating extremism", "gathering a crowd to disturb social order", and "inciting separatism". According to testimony from relatives, the real crimes behind these charges are often things like preaching, convening prayer groups, or simply acting as an imam.

Lina K 31/03/2021 Lina K 31/03/2021

The cost of speaking up against China

Women who made allegations last month of rape and sexual abuse in Chinese detention camps have been harassed and smeared in the weeks since. Rights groups say the attacks are typical of an aggressive campaign by China to silence those who speak up.

Lina K 03/02/2021 Lina K 03/02/2021

China's Uighur camp detainees allege systematic rape

Women in China's "re-education" camps for Uighurs have been systematically raped, sexually abused, and tortured, according to detailed new accounts obtained by the BBC.

Lina K 02/02/2021 Lina K 02/02/2021

Their goal is to destroy everyone': Uighur camp detainees allege systematic rape

Women in China's "re-education" camps for Uighurs have been systematically raped, sexually abused, and tortured, according to detailed new accounts obtained by the BBC.

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