Campaign for Uyghurs
Uyghurs for sale: ‘re-education’, forced labour and surveillance beyond Xinjiang
Source: Strategist Forced labour and the abusive practices of the ‘re-education camps’ in China’s Xinjiang region are being exported to major factories across the country, implicating both global brands and the hundreds of millions of consumers (including here in Australia)
Uighur detainees in China sewed Lacoste gloves: rights group
Source: CP24 Gloves made in China for the popular French brand Lacoste appear to have been sewn inside a factory where ethnic minorities face forced ideological and behavioural re-education, according to a U.S.-based labour rights group. Lacoste, known for its
Uyghur Mother, Daughter Handed Lengthy Sentences in Xinjiang Prison for Overseas Ties
Source: Radio Free Asia The mother and daughter of a wealthy Uyghur family in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) have been sentenced to lengthy jail terms related to their overseas connections, according to family members who live abroad
Bipartisan bill urges Olympic committee to move 2022 winter games out of China
Source: The Washington Times A bipartisan group of senators is calling on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to move the 2022 Winter Olympics out of China, citing humanitarian rights violations committed by Beijing against Hong Kong protesters and the detainment of more than 1 million ethnic Muslims.
China Moves Uyghur Muslims Into ‘Forced Labor’ Factories
Source: FORBES In light of the COVID-19 outbreak that started in Wuhan, China there has been heightened scrutiny of the country’s questionable business practices and allegations of basic human rights violations. According to a new report by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, a
Sealed Doors And ‘Positive Energy’: COVID-19 In Xinjiang
Source: SUPCHINA Recently a young Han man from Xinjiang who I will call Wu Yi told me a joke his friends in Ürümchi have been repeating since the end of January: “When will people in Xinjiang be allowed to go
Your Apple phone, Adidas shoes and Sony TV may have been made in China by forced Uighur labor
Source: LOS ANGELES TIMES BEIJING — The online ad boasted of freshly trained ethnic minority teenagers as if they were commodities for sale. Factories could book workers online at a “minimum order of 100″ people, the ad said, and have them delivered
US Holocaust Museum Labels China’s Persecution of Uyghurs in Xinjiang ‘Crimes Against Humanity’
Source: RFA The Chinese government’s persecution of ethnic Uyghurs—including their mass detention in internment camps—constitutes “crimes against humanity,” according to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, opening an avenue for what one expert said could be legal action in an international
China’s treatment of Muslim Uighurs in Xinjiang: ‘I had the chills’
Source: Deutsche Welle An official list of detainees, leaked to DW and other media, proves how China is tracking every face, every family and every movement of Muslim minority Uighurs in Xinjiang. People have been arrested for innocuous reasons that include growing beards, wearing veils,
Uyghurs living abroad in NZ tell of China’s campaign of intimidation
Source: Asia Pacific Report hinese authorities are systematically harassing Uyghurs and other Muslim ethnic groups even after they have left the country, according to new testimonies gathered by Amnesty International. Uyghur New Zealanders were among those interviewed, despite the threat
Document confirms brutal treatment of Uyghurs in China
Source: UCA NEWS Fresh reports have emerged about the extent of the crackdown by Chinese authorities against Muslim Uyghurs in the central region of Xinjiang after a leaked internal Communist Party document was obtained by German media. And on Feb.
Uighur woman says she was threatened by Chinese police after husband appeared on Q&A
Source: THE GUARDIAN A Uighur woman who is reportedly under house arrest in Xinjiang says she was visited by Chinese police and threatened after her Australian husband appeared on the ABC’s Q&A program on Monday. Sadam Abdusalam asked Wang Xining –