The tolerance of the Uyghurs, whose food and medical needs the Chinese authorities have neglected for more than a month, is beginning to shatter.
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Turkey is home to the largest Uyghur diaspora in the world. The Muslim minority group, which is persecuted in China, sees the Turks as “cousins”.
This year Chinese companies are producing one million tons of corn in the Sanji Hui Autonomous Prefecture of the so-called Uyghur Autonomous Region (East Turkistan).
There have been extended COVID-19 lockdowns in the Uyghurs’ homeland from the beginning of August. The first outbreak in the area was reported on July 31.
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.
Uyghur groups submit universal jurisdiction complaint to Argentinian Courts about Uyghur Genocide
The United Nations has released a report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, mentioning the Chinese government’s crimes against Uyghurs and other Turkic people.
To combat outbreaks of COVID-19 in ‘Xinjiang’ (the occupied East Turkistan) Chinese authorities are planning to use similar methods as they have used to quell dissent against authorities, Japan Times reports.
Siu Tsz-Fung, 23, a Hong Kong resident, has pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer, while Luk Ka-yu, 23, pleaded guilty to aiding Siu during a protest held in Central in 2019.