05/08/2019 RUTH INGRAM https://bitterwinter.org/in-xinjiang-even-nan-bread-is-being-sinicized/ Nan bread is a sacred sign of Uyghur identity and is usually decorated with traditional symbols. Now, the CCP wants nan “sinicized” with Communist slogans. Ruth Ingram A Sacred Symbol Debased Early summer celebrations debasing nan bread …
https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2019/05/06/china-to-u-s-on-xinjiang-we-deplore-and-oppose-your-gross-interference/?fbclid=IwAR3VYW9hnJfK2TKrgVYJsGDKTyT-uWDSarLKbACsoiEJpeMfBzYly-CXBy0#75c2b9e2707c May 6, 2019, 12:31pm GETTY The U.S. has “significant concerns when it comes to the ongoing repression in China, [with] the Communist Party using the security forces for mass imprisonment of Chinese Muslims in concentration camps.” So said Randall Schriver, Assistant …
https://www.axios.com/uighur-muslim-detention-camps-xinjiang-china-7d682095-4dcc-4b7b-8368-09e73ae7178a.html Dave LawlerMay 6, 2019 China has detained an estimated 1 million to 2 million Uighur Muslims in the region of Xinjiang, and millions more live one step away from detention under the watchful eye of the Chinese Communist Party. …
By Alan Rappeport and Edward Wong May 4, 2019 https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/04/world/asia/trump-china-uighurs-trade-deal.html?fbclid=IwAR04nZZZH9le4HEngYsV4acUrLV5T4ch7Rj9f_EGAoogHgF0uuxSSde6OPY “I strongly believe that the human rights abuses the Chinese government is doing against the Uighurs should be part of the trade talks,” said Rushan Abbas, whose sister and aunt were detained in …
By Edward Wong May 5, 2019 https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/05/us/politics/pompeo-china-sanctions.html?fbclid=IwAR2aj4HlmSu6qTBfpE3woKijwYbFZhQluy6JpR_gEhm6hWAtw2FcxQuTZjs WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo avoided saying on Sunday whether the Trump administration would impose targeted sanctions on China over mass detentions of Muslims, in another sign of the administration’s paralysis on …
May 6, 2019 (Mainichi Japan) https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190506/p2g/00m/0bu/006000c WASHINGTON (Kyodo) — U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday that tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods will increase from 10 percent to 25 percent in the coming days as the trade war between the …
4 May 2019 09:02 Guest Contributor4 min read By Peter Irwin, Program Manager, World Uyghur Congress https://www.hongkongfp.com/2019/05/04/un-chief-makes-loud-clear-comes-china-human-rights-not-priority/ UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has made clear—if it wasn’t clear enough already—his intention to continue to ignore one of the world’s worst human rights …
By Karen LeighApril 19, 2019, 4:38 PM GMT+9 https://www.bloomberg.com/quicktake/the-uighurs In its far western region of Xinjiang, China says it’s fighting separatism and religious extremism among Uighurs, a Muslim ethnic group. To some outsiders, it’s building a 21st-century gulag, combining police-state repression …
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/04/china-human-rights-chief-silent-uighur-plight-190427132639905.html Antonio Guterres did not mention the Uighur community during his speech at summit marking China’s Belt and Road initiative.27 Apr 2019 MORE ON ASIA PACIFIC South Korea’s Buddhist celebrations give hope for peacetoday Kim Jong Un oversees multiple missile tests: …
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/apr/07/bulldozing-mosques-china-war-uighur-culture-xinjiang The levelling of ancient sites in Xinjiang, alongside mass detention, is part of an attempt to destroy an entire society Sun 7 Apr 2019 16.12 BSTLast modified on Mon 8 Apr 2019 10.44 BST Shares5,936 Ten years ago, I started researching Islam among the Uighurs. …
