“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.”
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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.
In 2023, during President Mahmoud Abbas’s visit to Beijing, the Palestinian Authority endorsed China’s genocidal policy against the Uyghurs. Abbas and Xi Jinping issued a joint statement endorsing Beijing’s domestic and foreign policies.
Senior members of South Africa’s African National Congress praised China’s “remarkable achievements” in alleviating poverty in the “Xinjiang” Uyghur Autonomous Region, saying South Africa is drawing inspiration from China, IOL rep
GENEVA — During the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) focusing on China, the Western nations pressed China on its human rights violations against Tibetans, Uyghurs, and dissidents and insisted it annul the national security law in Hong Kong, Associated Press reports.
By Erkinjan, Dec 31, 2023 In his exclusive interview with UN News, summarizing the 2023 human rights work of the world’s most important human rights body, Volker Türk, the Commissioner for UN Human Rights notably omitted any mention of Uyghurs, let alone condemning China for the alleged genocide. During the […]
China Imposes Sanctions on US Company and Researchers Over Uyghur Work
According to Uyghur activist and linguist Abduweli Ayup, Uyghur businessman Yaqupjan Momin was arrested by state security in Uzbekistan 30 days ago. Yaqupjan Momin, Yakefujiang Momin in Chinese Pinyin, a 35-year-old Uyghur male holding a Chinese passport, had his passport renewed by the Consulate General of the People’s Republic of […]
by Tursunjan, December 22, 2023 Washington, D.C. A new book, “Uyghur Women Activists in the Diaspora: Restorying a Genocide,” amplifies the voices of ten Uyghur women who fled China’s repression and are now using their experiences to advocate for their people. Authored by Susan J. Palmer, Dilmurat Mahmut, Abdulmuqtedir Udun, […]
By Tursunjan, December 14, 2023 U.S. Representative Ritchie Torres (NY-15), a member of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), celebrated the passage of his bipartisan legislation, H.R. 3349, the “Uyghur Genocide Intelligence Review Act,” as part of the […]