You may be eating fish caught and processed by Uyghur forced labor
Kenneth Roth
The US government has taken some steps to block Chinese imports made with forced labor. Britain and the EU have done shamefully little
China has sentenced Rahile Dawut to life in prison and would like the world to forget her. We must not
Rachel Harris
The respected Uyghur scholar became a powerful symbol of the devastation of that culture. Her imprisonment cannot go unchallenged, says author and academic Rachel Harris
Campaigners aim to lower support for China on UN human rights council
Parliamentarians from 15 countries urge reduction in vote to signal disapproval of country’s crackdown on Uyghur population
September 2023
Chinese authorities reportedly sentence Uyghur professor to life in prison
From the agencies
China’s push to promote state-approved version of Uyghur culture – in pictures
The Audio Long Read
‘If I left, I’d have to go without a word’: how I escaped China’s mass arrests – podcast
UK solar could be ‘dumping ground’ for products of Chinese forced labour, ministers warned
August 2023
TikTok removes 284 accounts linked to Chinese disinformation group
Action by social media company comes after Facebook parent company Meta shut down 9,000 accounts tied to political spam network
Travel firms urged to halt trips to Uyghur region over China rights abuses
Exclusive: Report says optics of western firms organising Xinjiang tours amid ‘crimes against humanity are disastrous’
Xi urges more work to ‘control illegal religious activities’ in Xinjiang on surprise visit
China wants to erase Tibet. Will Britain stay quiet about this crime?
Simon Tisdall
The long read
‘If I left, I’d have to go without a word’: how I escaped China’s mass arrests
July 2023
China, Myanmar and now Darfur ... the horror of genocide is here again
Simon Tisdall
Each time it happens, the world insists: ‘never again’. But the political and moral blindspots that allow these atrocities will persist until the lessons of history are learned
June 2023
Uyghur student convicted after posting protests video on WeChat
Kamile Wayit, 19, sentenced in China for ‘advocating extremism’ by sharing footage of anti-lockdown unrest
May 2023
Human rights and wrongs: the Australian calling out oppression at home and around the world
Undeterred by the scale of challenges in her in-tray, the new head of Human Rights Watch, Tirana Hassan, says ‘We need to be standing with those people’
March 2023
‘Like a war zone’: Congress hears of China’s abuses in Xinjiang ‘re-education camps’
Pair tell of witnessing or experiencing torture and brainwashing, as Republicans and Democrats vow to document ‘genocide’
February 2023
Parliament says China is committing a genocide. Why were officials planning to meet one of the perpetrators?
James McMurray
Governor of China’s Xinjiang region cancels UK visit after backlash
Iain Duncan Smith accuses Xinjiang governor of ‘murder’ at Uyghur protest
Iain Duncan Smith calls for arrest of Chinese governor for ‘crimes against humanity’
