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Tahir Imin, a 42-year-old U.S.-based Uyghur activist and former political prisoner from China, tells VOA that he recently learned that six of his former business associates in Xinjiang were sentenced for allegedly attempting to split the country. "I've learned from two sources that the sentences, handed down in early 2024...
The U.K. National Crime Agency (NCA) is being compelled to revisit its decision not to open an investigation into Chinese cotton imports suspected to have been produced with forced labor. A London court ruled in favor of the plaintiffs, the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) and the Global Action Network (GLAN),...
The East Turkistan National Movement, a Washington-based NGO, is calling for people to commemorate the 2014 Yarkand Massacre, where thousands of Uyghurs were killed by Chinese government forces. This incident marked the beginning of what the organization terms as the ongoing genocide of Uyghurs. The organization has scheduled an event...
Aiming to keep goods made with forced labour out of the country’s supply chains, the United States recently banned imports from five more Chinese companies over alleged human rights abuses involving the Uyghurs. These China-based companies have been accused of profiting from the slave labour of Uyghurs in what Beijing...
The East Turkistan Government in Exile (ETGE), representing East Turkistan and its people, said that the Court of the Citizens of the World, a quasi-judicial body, has held Chinese President Xi Jinping "directly responsible for the genocide of Uyghurs." East Turkistan, also known as the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of...
US politician Rob Wittman, Vice President of the House Armed Services Committee Republicans, has strongly condemned China's actions towards African workers and Uyghur Muslims, labeling them as "absolutely criminal." Wittman asserted, "China is the greatest human rights violator on the face of the earth." He particularly highlighted the atrocities against...
After the visit of Turkiye’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan to Xinjiang (Urumqi and Kashgar) in the first week of June 2024, where he met Uyghurs and shared pleasantries with them, it is crystal clear that the Uyghur issue is no more a “factor” in the China-Turkiye relationship. The issue...
New York , July 11: US authorities on Tuesday, made a significant move by prioritising the Aluminium production sector under the Uyghur Forced Labour Prevention Act. This decision comes amidst mounting concerns over human rights violations in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR). Meanwhile, the European Union (EU) has...
JAKARTA — Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Friday (July 14) said the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) cannot become a proxy for other countries, as US-China tensions rise over issues in the Asia-Pacific.   Foreign ministers from the Southeast Asian bloc have gathered in Jakarta for talks about regional issues...
Jammu: A captured terrorist undergoing treatment at a facility of the Indian Army in Kashmir said he had been sent on a suicide mission by a colonel of the Pakistani army. The terrorist, identified as Tabarak Hussain by news agency ANI, said he had come along with four-five other...