U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) have introduced the No Funds for Forced Labor Act, aiming to block U.S. funding for international projects using forced labor, particularly in China’s Xinjiang region. The bill requires the U.S. Treasury to oppose such projects through international financial institutions. This initiative […]
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Author: By Uyghur Times Staff Time and Date: Aug 8, 2024 The United States has announced a ban on imports from five additional Chinese companies due to their alleged involvement in human rights abuses against Uyghurs, part of an ongoing effort to eliminate goods produced with forced labor from the […]
Author: Uyghur Times StaffDate: June 28, 2024 London: The UK Court of Appeal has ruled that the National Crime Agency’s (NCA) previous decision not to investigate the importation of cotton products manufactured by forced labor in Uyghurland,aka Xinjiang China, was unlawful. This landmark ruling, brought by the Global Legal Action […]
Canada’s ambassador to Beijing, Jennifer May, visited Uyghur homeland last week and expressed concerns about human rights violations to local leaders, the Canadian foreign ministry stated on Sunday. Global Affairs Canada today issued the following statement the visit of Ambassador of Canada to China Jennifer May to “Xinjiang” Uyghur Autonomous Region, […]
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a ban on imports from three Chinese companies, citing their use of Uyghur forced labor. The companies blacklisted on Tuesday are a seafood processor, a shoe maker, and a manufacturer of aluminum and carbon graphite. This action, taken under the Uyghur Forced […]
By Uyghur Times Staff, May 17 Opening: The United States has taken a significant step in its efforts to address human rights concerns in the Uyghur region by barring imports from 26 Chinese cotton traders or warehouse facilities linked to allegations of forced labor involving Uyghur people. Details: The move […]
News Summary: Today, Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), along with Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-OH), introduced the bipartisan BIOSECURE Act. This bill aims to protect American patient data and taxpayer dollars from […]
Selçuk ÖZDAĞ, MP of the Turkish Future Party, spoke in the Turkish parliament urging lawmakers to investigate China’s treatment of Uyghurs and called for attention to be given to their Turkish brothers and sisters in the colonized Uyghur homeland. Turkish MPs from other parties proposed bills, but all were rejected […]
By Tursun Uyghur, May 1 The State Department’s annual human rights report, which documents abuses recorded all over the world during the previous calendar year, repeated language from previous years on the treatment of Uyghurs in China-colonized Uyghur homeland. In its executive summary, the report said, “Genocide and crimes against […]
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 […]