The UFLPA came into force after the US alleged it had growing evidence to show the Chinese government has been exploiting Uyghurs in the northwest of Xinjiang for several years. Credit: Shutterstock. Just Style takes a detailed look at the US ban on goods made using forced labour in the Xinjiang region and how its Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) is impacting the global apparel...
Wang Kejian (left) meets Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh in Qatar on Oct. 17, 2023. - Hamas via Telegram China confirmed a meeting between a Foreign Ministry official and Hamas’ political chief Ismail Haniyeh in Doha as...
A large screen shows Chinese President Xi Jinping near a carpark in Kashgar, in western China's Xinjiang region, December 3, 2018. © 2018 AP Photo/Ng Han Guan Tokyo Should Enact Human Rights Laws to Counter Beijing’s...
For Uyghurs in exile, the suffering of loved ones is a source of never-ending anguish – especially when their fates remain unknown. By Ruth Ingram March 19, 2024, The Diplomat   Every exiled Uyghur carries a load: the...
Far From Xinjiang, Uyghurs Keep Their Culture Alive Photo: VOA March 15, 2024 VOA News By Liam Scott MUNICH —  In a nondescript building in southwestern Munich, Uyghur children gather every Saturday to do something that is...
Of the five Central Asian Republics, Kazakhstan is the one that China has been passionately trying to woo despite all the odds. Over the years, China has strengthened its ties with Kazakhstan through economic cooperation, border agreements, and strategic partnerships. By KN...
Photo credit: Akorda ASTANA — President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev emphasized the significance of fostering a new social ethics and outlined pivotal values essential to shaping the identity of the Kazakh nation during his address on...
Kazakh Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Economy Nurlan Baibazarov speaks at the inaugural B5+1 forum in Almaty on March 14. (Photo: gov.kz) A new way of promoting rule of law. Mar 14, 2024, Eurasia Net With Russia...
Abidin Damollam. Social media. The imprisonment, death, and denial of a proper funeral to the respected leader confirm how life is like in an “occupied” region. by Kok Bayraq Bitter Winter, 03/15/2024 Last month, 96-year-old...
Detainees behind cell bars at the police Immigration Detention Center in Bangkok, Thailand, January 21, 2019. © 2019 AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit Published in:Bangkok Post Elaine Pearson Asia Director HRW, March 8,...
Illustration by Lily Ogburn. AIDAN JOHNSTONE, LILY OGBURN / MAR 13, 2024 Tech Policy Press WASHINGTON – For years, US venture capital firms have invested in Chinese technology companies linked to China’s military and persecution of the Uyghur people. Now, the recent glare of the spotlight...
Xinjiang Communist Party Secretary Ma Xingrui attends the Xinjiang delegation meeting on the sidelines of NPC in Beijing Laurie Chen Reuters, March 7, 2024   BEIJING (Reuters) - Xinjiang's top Communist Party official said on...
Scholar Darren Byler (from X) and an image of Jimunai County People’s Court (from Weibo). Research by anthropologist Darren Byler uncovers gross violations of China’s own laws to punish Uyghurs and ethnic Kazakhs who pray and...
Detainees stand behind cell bars at the police Immigration Detention Center in central Bangkok on Jan. 21, 2019. More than 40 Uyghurs have been held for a decade. RFA staff2024.03.11Bangkok After fleeing persecution in China and...
Minotiry Rights Group Profile The Uyghurs are predominately Turkic-speaking Sunni Muslims, who, according to China’s 2020 census, number roughly 11.5 million in China. Their homeland is what is now the northwestern corner of China,...
Washington, March 8, 2024   WASHINGTON, D.C. –  On Friday, U.S. Congressmen Mike Waltz (FL-06), Ro Khanna (CA-17), and Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Michael McCaul (TX-10) led a bipartisan letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Ambassador to...
By Associated Press Euronews 07/03/2024 The engineer resigned from Google in December, appearing at a conference in Beijing three days later representing a Chinese company. A former software engineer at Google has been charged with...
The logo of Chinese drug research and development group WuXi AppTec is displayed alongside its company website, in this illustration picture taken February 5, 2024. REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights By...
Performers welcome tourists in Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County in northwestern China's Xinjiang region, Sept. 4, 2023. They also ask 3 US travel agencies to stop offering tours to the region so as to avoid perpetuating ‘atrocity...
Demonstrators protest against China’s alleged human rights violations in California on Nov. 15, 2023. (Photo: AFP) Compared with US law, the EU legislation is weak, says China expert Adrian Zenz UCA News March 06, 2024  A US-based...