Uyghur Genocide

Gulbahar Haitiwaji was living in France in November 2016 when she received a phone call telling her she had to return to Karamay, an oil city in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region where she was born. There were important documents to sign, she was told, and she had to come in person....

Nury Turkel, a US commissioner on religious freedom, also calls for pressure on China to end genocide. Lawmakers must act to cut U.S. ties to forced labor and expedite asylum for Uyghur refugees, and Washington should push the global community to end what it has designated a genocide in...

Other small nations also feel vulnerable to Chinese aggression but it hasn’t stopped them speaking out over the Uyghur genocide After the Christchurch terror attacks, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern donned a hijab as she comforted the relatives of the 51 Muslims who were killed simply for...

China has taken the first formal step towards severing government ties with Australia after more than a year of incremental trade strikes, veiled threats from the Chinese embassy and escalating attacks by Chinese state media. Beijing sent a message to Australia on Thursday that all dialogue...

China criticised New Zealand Thursday over "groundless" allegations about the ill treatment of Uyghurs, underlining Wellington's struggle to find a middle ground between its largest trading partner and its traditional Western allies. Beijing expressed anger after New Zealand's parliament...

AN OPEN LETTER TO THE LORD MAYOR AND CHAIR OF POLICY OF THE CITY OF LONDON CORPORATION Dear Lord Mayor and Chair of Policy, While for some, Uyghur persecution at the hands of the Chinese authorities may be merely abstract, for me and my family, it is all too real. I am writing to you as UK...

London: The European Commission has hit the pause button on a controversial investment deal with China as a direct result of sanctions Beijing imposed on five British and European MPs who regularly criticised the regime. The decision to suspend “political outreach activities” in China is a...

An Australian Senate committee is investigating a Bill which would prohibit the importation into Australia of goods from China’s Xinjiang province, as well in other parts of China where it’s been claimed goods are “produced by using forced labour”. China has refuted allegations the state has...

Parliament has unanimously declared that "severe human rights abuses" are occurring against the Uyghur people in Xinjiang, China. A parliamentary motion about China’s actions in Xinjiang was agreed to by all MPs after a debate in the House on Wednesday. The statement called on the Government...