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 builds on the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act to prevent U.S. complicity in human rights abuses. Companion legislation was introduced in the House by Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-VA).
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Turkish Police Detain Two Uyghur Women in Istanbul
Sun Sep 22 , 2024
Reported by: Ihsan Shukran On September 18, 2024, at 4:00 AM, Turkish police raided a home in the Kanaria neighborhood of Istanbul’s Safa Koy district, detaining two Uyghur women: Rizwangul Abdulaziz and Munavvar Zebbullah. Rizwangul, a 27-year-old first-degree disabled woman, cannot move the lower half of her body. She is […]
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