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
Governments
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.
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), with five other Republican senators, has sent a letter to the Chief Executive Officer of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) Dev Jagadesan. They have inquired whether the (DFC) is inadvertently aiding the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) export of solar panels tainted with the forced labor of Uyghurs in Xinjiang.
Turkish Government has left thousands of Uyghurs in administrative limbo by rejecting their citizenship, dozens of Uyghurs in Turkey told Uyghur Times. According to them, their Chinese passports have expired or are about to expire. Turkey has not been willing to grant them citizenship or documents that would allow them […]
Sept 22, 2020 By Uyghur Human Rights Project The Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) extends its deep gratitude to the U.S. House of Representatives for passing the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act. The bill is the first national legislation anywhere in the world enforcing human-rights standards to end the import […]
By Ilyaruq May 15, 2020 On Thursday, May 14, 2020, the United States Senate has unanimously approved the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020. The bill, originally introduced by Senators Marco Rubio and Bob Menendez, would impose sanctions on Chinese officials over human rights abuses against Uyghur and other […]