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Taipei: Taiwanese Legislative Speaker You Si-kun has said boycotting cotton from China’s Uyghur region of Xinjiang is no longer just a political issue now but it has turned to a human rights factor. more
Rights experts concerned about alleged detention, forced labour of Uyghurs in China

New York: Independent UN human rights experts have urged companies to closely scrutinize their supply chains following concerns over the alleged detention and forced labour of Muslim Uygh ...

China: Parents of missing Uyghur children describe horror of family separation

Beijing: The exiled families of Uyghur children held in state “orphanages” in the Chinese region of Xinjiang described the torment of being separated in a new piece of Amnesty ...

Racial Discrimination: World Uyghur Congress calls for action on UN Day

New York: On the occasion of the United Nations (UN) International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) reminded the world the need for urgent ...

Beijing now accused of forcibly removing Uyghur children, putting them in 'orphanages'

Xinjiang: The exiled families of Uyghur children held in state “orphanages” in the Chinese region of Xinjiang described the torment of being separated in a new piece of Amnest ...

World Uyghur Congress calls on US Secretary of State to address Uyghur genocide on eve of US-China meeting

Washington: On the occasion of the first high-level, in-person meeting between United States (US) and Chinese officials under the Biden administration on Thursday in Alaska, the World Uyg ...

Dutch Parliament recognizes Uyghur genocide, Campaign for Uyghurs praises move

London: Campaign for Uyghurs (CFU) on Saturday said it appreciated  the Dutch House of Representatives for recognizing the Chinese regime’s abuses against the Uyghur people as ...

I witnessed horrific tragedy in Xinjiang detention camp: Teacher shares experience

Beijing: Qelbinur Sidik, who was assigned the task of teaching at a Chinese government-run detention center in Xinjiang, has said she has witnessed 'horrific tragedy' in the centr ...

Uyghur man re-imprisoned for 18 years

Beijing: A Uyghur man who spent 18 years in prison following an incident of deadly unrest in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) was once again sentenced to s ...

US and Europe seek to exclude Xinjiang from polysilicon supply chains for forced labour

Beijing: Solar companies in the US and Europe are seeking to exclude the Xinjiang region of China from their supply chains after reports emerged that polysilicon produced  there is l ...