EU lawmakers voted to ban products made using forced labor , including those made in China with Uygur forced labor, despite possible tensions with Beijing. The law, though not directly naming China, is expected to target imports from the region where the Uyghur people live. The legislation, backed by 555 […]
International Response
America must choose FREEDOM over FEAR. U.S. House Committee Chair Mike Gallagher is leaving the U.S. House, and he gave a final message to all Americans, reminding them of the Chinese threat to the lives and freedom of ordinary Americans, Uyghurs, and others.
By Tursun Uyghur, April 18, 2024 New York- In a bid to shed light on the plight of the Uyghur community in China, Elisha Wiesel, son of Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel and chairman of the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity, World Uyghur Congress, Uyghur Human Rights Project, has organized the […]
You may not care, but we Uyghurs are clear about one fact: TikTok is the genocidal arm of the Chinese government. In 2021, at the peak of the coronavirus pandemic, the Chinese government imposed a statewide lockdown starting from Wuhan, extending to the Uyghur homeland, so-called Xinjiang. Later, as mainstream […]
“U.S. Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ) and U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) of the bipartisan Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) has released four letters—three to U.S.-based tourism companies and one to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken
Several human rights organizations including Uyghur groups are endorsing a proposed legislation that would compel China-based ByteDance to divest TikTok or potentially face a U.S. ban, intensifying a high-stakes lobbying battle in Washington. This development was first reported by Semafor. The groups, dedicated to addressing human rights abuses by the […]
In an age where the digital landscape plays a pivotal role in shaping public opinion, safeguarding democracy necessitates a critical examination of platforms that pose potential threats to national security, privacy, and human rights. One such platform that demands immediate attention is TikTok, a social media giant that has come […]
The staff of German BASF’s partner company, Markor Chemical Manufacturing in the Uyghurs’ homeland, has joined Chinese state officials in questionable home visits to Uyghur households during the mass internments that started in 2018, company reports show.
“In the Uyghur Autonomous Region, Uyghur Muslims are suffering under the Chinese Communist Party’s genocidal campaign of forced sterilizations, forced detentions, and re-education. Millions of Uyghurs have been detained in these camps, where they are kept in cramped cells, they are tortured, and brainwashed. We all know this. Uyghur women are subject to heinous violence I won’t bear to repeat this morning.”
Carmakers, such as General Motors, Tesla, BYD, Toyota, and Volkswagen, are risking using Uyghur forced labor in their aluminum supply chains, Human Rights Watch reports.