Following the crucial initial step taken by the bipartisan Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act, Congress has intensified its efforts to address the severe acts of genocide committed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)
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On Wednesday, human rights organizations revealed that they have lodged a fresh complaint in France targeting major clothing brands
Senator Marco Rubio has reintroduced the Uyghur Policy Act with House Representatives Young Kim and Ami Bera.
UK Labour Party to Declare China’s Treatment of Uyghurs as ‘Genocide’
The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) establishes a rebuttable presumption that the importation of any goods, wares, articles, and merchandise mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
The Canadian parliament unanimously voted in favor of a non-binding proposal for the resettlement of 10,000 Uyghur Muslim refugees who escaped China’s genocide and brutal policies into Canada over two years.
Campaigners have accused Vietnam of laundering cotton from ‘Xinjiang’ to help China bypass the fresh Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, EcoTextile reports on its website. Eventually, the Vietnamese manufacturers sell the items to the US market without disclosing the source.
The French National Assembly voted 169 in favor and just one against for calling China’s treatment of Uyghurs genocide. The National Assembly officially recognizes the violence perpetrated by the People’s Republic of China against the Uyghurs as crimes against humanity and genocide. The resolution will likely strain ties between Paris and Beijing.
by Uyghur Times Staff The White House announced on Monday that the Biden administration will not be sending any diplomatic representation or officials to the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Beijing. The decision comes in light of China’s severe human rights abuses and atrocities including genocide and crimes […]
The Senate has blocked the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act.