Lina K 29/12/2023 Lina K 29/12/2023

Academic paper based on Uyghur genetic data retracted over ethical concerns

Concerns have been raised that academic publishers may not be doing enough to vet the ethical standards of research they publish, after a paper based on genetic data from China’s Uyghur population was retracted.

Lina K 29/12/2023 Lina K 29/12/2023

‘He disappeared for a year’: The survivors of China’s prison camps in Xinjiang – in pictures

In this photo gallery, some of those freed from re-education camps in Xinjiang - Uyghurs, Kazakhs and other minorities - talk about trying to rebuild their lives in neighbouring Kazakhstan.

Lina K 27/12/2023 Lina K 27/12/2023

At least 20% of NHS suppliers at ‘high risk’ of modern slavery use, review says

Over a fifth of NHS suppliers providing items including surgical instruments, gloves, gowns and face masks are at “high risk” of using modern slavery, according to a government review.

Lina K 14/12/2023 Lina K 14/12/2023

China silencing critics in US, Congress told

Chinese critics of Beijing living in America are surveilled, intimidated and harassed by U.S.-based agents of the Chinese Communist Party if they speak out, activists told Congress.

Lina K 14/12/2023 Lina K 14/12/2023

Xinjiang is ‘one of the most heavily policed regions in the world’: study

A new report from the Uyghur Human Rights Project points out that there are twice as many Armed Police mobile attachments in Xinjiang than in Beijing, despite having only a fraction of the capital’s population.

Lina K 13/12/2023 Lina K 13/12/2023

Policing East Turkistan: Mapping Police and Security Forces in the Uyghur Region

This report explores the institutions of policing in Xinjiang, helping to build a fuller picture of the systematic and Party-state-sponsored human rights atrocities perpetrated against Uyghurs and other Turkic people.

Lina K 11/12/2023 Lina K 11/12/2023

Uyghurs mark two years since ‘genocide’ finding

Uyghur activists and U.S. lawmakers on Monday marked two years since an independent tribunal in London handed down a decision that China’s government was committing genocide against Uyghurs.

Lina K 11/12/2023 Lina K 11/12/2023

Jailed Uyghur academic Ilham Tohti nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

Citing his role as “the true symbol of the Uyghur people's fight for freedom” under Chinese rule in Xinjiang, more than 180 high-level officials and experts have nominated Ilham Tohti to receive the prize.

Lina K 08/12/2023 Lina K 08/12/2023

US sanctions Chinese officials over Uyghur abuse

Three additional companies are also blocked from exporting goods to the US due to the possible use of forced labor.

Lina K 07/12/2023 Lina K 07/12/2023

Volkswagen under fire after audit finds no evidence of Uyghur forced labor

Experts on the region cast doubt on the results, saying official documents show Uyghur detainees from re-education camps were funneled to the factory.

Lina K 06/12/2023 Lina K 06/12/2023

Tailoring Responsibility: Tracing Apparel Supply Chains from the Uyghur Region to Europe

This report provides critical insight into how forced labour-made apparel is moving from the Uyghur Region into high-street and high-end brands operating and selling within the EU.

Lina K 06/12/2023 Lina K 06/12/2023

‘Substantial volume’ of clothing tied to Uyghur forced labour entering EU, says study

The report identifies dozens of well-known brands as having “significant ties” to Xinjiang, via Chinese companies involved in forced labour transfer programmes.

Lina K 05/12/2023 Lina K 05/12/2023

Answers for imprisoned Uyghur case revealed after three months

After his niece Nefise Oghuz posted videos calling on China to release him, she eventually received several different answers for why he was in prison and the duration of his sentence.

Lina K 28/11/2023 Lina K 28/11/2023

Interview: Uyghurs have always valued freedom, academia and democracy

Japanese lawmaker Arfiya Eri discusses political success, ethnic identity and Japan’s response to the genocide of the Uyghurs.

Lina K 27/11/2023 Lina K 27/11/2023

One year later, Uyghurs demand accountability for deadly Urumqi fire

Uyghurs marked the one-year anniversary of a deadly fire in Xinjiang’s capital Urumqi with vigils, demanding accountability for the tragedy that they say killed four times higher than the official death toll of 10.

Lina K 22/11/2023 Lina K 22/11/2023

China: Mosques Shuttered, Razed, Altered in Muslim Areas

The Chinese government is significantly reducing the number of mosques in Ningxia and Gansu provinces under its “mosque consolidation” policy, in violation of the right to freedom of religion, Human Rights Watch said today.

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

Uyghur educator, poet confirmed to have died in prison in Xinjiang

The body of a Uyghur educator, researcher and poet who died in prison in Xinjiang in late August was taken by authorities directly to a cemetery for burial instead of first being returned to his family.

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

Uyghur filmmaker tells court he was tortured into confession

The trial comes amid the ongoing arrest and jailing by Chinese authorities of Uyghurs who have studied or traveled abroad, and who have been accused of engaging in terrorist or separatist activities.

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 17/11/2023 Lina K 17/11/2023

German company’s Xinjiang partner linked to Chinese forced labor

A German newspaper report into ties between China’s state-sponsored Uyghur labor transfer program and a regional partner of chemical giant BASF prompted criticism that the company is ignoring the possibility of forced labor.

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