https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/septuagenarian-12182020173711.html?fbclid=IwAR19Nl_8ZMBk1DsTKrhmf25J4U3uF5NTpMtAYSeiHZ_ahqw7q8BC2zgy01c Authorities in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) have sentenced a septuagenarian Uyghur retiree who spent decades as a public servant to a lengthy jail term for attending a Muslim sermon during a wake held 13 years ago, …
The Uyghur Muslims in China’s Xinjiang province are being tortured – and those who manage to flee are still not safe https://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/a-uyghur-refugees-harrowing-testimony-i-saw-heard-things-beyond-imagination/?fbclid=IwAR0tEFfPEDmkCByvNteBb54azUxp2r9dorjZXrfQidF5ynK5cu2SQzw3gQo In a Dutch refugee camp, Kalbinur shares a room with others and struggles to find a quiet space …
https://www.economist.com/china/2021/01/02/china-uses-tourism-to-smother-xinjiangs-culture?fbclid=IwAR0zrxWMoOiaIbyCLwKPv80FolWV5SSrYPNF5Jrb8PZKfU5xlNTJA667Gvc The afaq khoja mausoleum in Kashgar is one of the holiest places in Xinjiang, a region in the far west of China. The site is politically charged, too. Several 19th-century uprisings against Chinese rule began with rebels making a pilgrimage …
China has taken an aggressive approach to melding the nation’s many groups into a national identity https://www.wsj.com/articles/beijing-accelerates-campaign-of-ethnic-assimilation-11609431781 SKIP TO MAIN CONTENTSKIP TO SEARCHSkip to…SelectSUBSCRIBESIGN IN Enter News, Quotes, Companies or Videos CHINA Beijing Accelerates Campaign of Ethnic Assimilation China has …
In order to clinch an investment deal with the EU, China reportedly said it would make “sustained efforts” to ratify international conventions against forced labor. Meanwhile, BuzzFeed reported that at least 135 detention camps in Xinjiang have factories where forced labor …
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/apple-supplier-charged-with-exploiting-uyghur-forced-labor/?fbclid=IwAR1t_k-0roornfDDHXt1WS4dBbCmTWkOV3QqngoqOYqhM0TgEl5avunMdRI We hear a lot about “reckonings” these days. But surely something has to be done about the atrocious human-rights abuses in China that appear to include slave/forced labor for the benefit of American companies such as Apple. We have …
In the wake of reports implicating the global fashion industry in the use of forced labor, activists say the ‘burden of proof’ lies with The North Face clothing brand. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2020/11/18/uighur-jail-note-found-in-st-petersburg-shoe-alarms-human-right-experts-a72082 Arslan Gibadullin was eager to try on an expensive pair …
Posted WedWednesday 24 JulJuly 2019 at 2:07pm, updated WedWednesday 24 JulJuly 2019 at 10:51pmhttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-24/chinese-police-questioning-wife-of-australian-uyghur-man/11341924?fbclid=IwAR0BBTIcfvXRr8qdu6q7RqR0v_lbUuXPEkZsrVZIVshAfUdD4rZZchRqLxo Police in China’s far-western Xinjiang region are still questioning the wife of an Australian man interviewed on Four Corners last week, despite Beijing saying it would assist Australia’s efforts to reunite the family. Key points: Nadila Wumaier and her …