Washington, DC – The House of Representatives yesterday passed the bi-partisan Uyghur Policy Act (H.R. 4785) that Rep. Kim, Young [R-CA-39] introduced on July 29, 2021.
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On August 25th, 2022, Saudi police arrested an Uyghur named Aziz at the Riad airport upon his arrival from Turkey. Because he does not have relatives abroad to ask for help, the information about his detention did not reach the public.
After a year-long wait, the United Nations Human Rights office released its assessment of China’s treatment of Uyghurs a mere few minutes before its deadline by Wednesday at midnight Geneva time.
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.
Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) and ‘Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs’ have published a new report. It is titled “Beyond Silence Collaboration: Between the Arab States and China in the Transnational Repression of Uyghurs”.
NBA star Enes Kanter Freedom receives freedom award for protesting China’s human right’s abuses
Image: Monica Volpin / Pixabay The U.S Treasury Department issued regulations to implement sanctions on 59 Chinese military-linked companies to prevent them from benefiting from the U.S. financial markets, The Washington Times reports. The Pentagon had earlier designated these companies as military entities. The black-listed Chinese companies with direct links to the […]
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.
Two Uyghur men, Hamdullah Wali, 54, and Rozi Nurmuhammed, 46, are in danger of deportation from Saudi Arabia to China. The Saudi Authorities have detained both since 2020.
Uyghur Times Staff The Hill reported that over 200 Jewish organizations, rabbis, and synagogues have written a letter to President Biden and top U.S. officials, urging them to take a stronger stance against the Chinese government’s genocide of ethnic Uyghurs. The letter highlights the State Department’s recognition of crimes against […]