Category: Uyghur

UK Slaps Sanctions on Chinese Officials Over Xinjiang Abuse

Britain on Monday announced sanctions in coordination with its Western allies against Chinese officials over the human rights abuses of Uyghur Muslims. This is the first time the UK has targeted Chinese officials with its Magnitsky-style sanctions regime, which was adopted in July 2000. In a statement, the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) said, “The…


Facebook Runs Ads for Products of Genocide in China

As lawmakers on both Capitol Hill and in Parliament in the UK meet this week to discuss legislation responding to the genocide of Uyghurs in China, The Epoch Times has received evidence linking Facebook ad revenue to Chinese companies profiting from that genocide. The advertisement of Uyghur hair on Facebook places the social media giant…


China Criticised for Abuse Against Uyghurs

Politicians from both sides of parliament have criticised China for “serious and systemic” breaches of human rights in Xinjiang. Liberal Kevin Andrews and Labor’s Chris Hayes are putting forward a resolution sharply critical of the Chinese government’s treatment of Uighur people. The government has allowed debate on the bipartisan motion. Bahtiyar Bora from the Australian…


Australian Politicians Push Resolution Condemning China’s Abuse of Uyghurs

Politicians from both sides of the Australian parliament have criticised China for “serious and systemic” breaches of human rights in Xinjiang. Liberal Kevin Andrews and Labor’s Chris Hayes are putting forward a resolution sharply critical of the Chinese regime’s treatment of Uyghur, or Uighur, people. The government has allowed debate on the bipartisan motion to…


Pelosi Meets With Uyghur Activists, Speaks Out Against Genocide

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) recently met with Uyghur advocates to discuss the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) human rights abuses in the Xinjiang region. Pelosi attended a virtual meeting on March 1 with “Campaign for Uyghur” (CFU), a Washington-based advocacy group, to be briefed on recent measures aimed at stopping the CCP’s repression, according to…


Tories Call on Government to Declare Chinese Regime’s Persecution of Uyghurs a Genocide

The Conservatives are calling on the federal government to officially declare Beijing’s persecution of Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in China a genocide. Conservative Foreign Affairs Critic Michael Chong submitted a motion to the House of Commons Thursday calling on the Liberal government to take a stand against the Chinese Communist Party’s “absolutely no mercy”…


Opinion: Joe Biden Just Made the Worst Foreign Policy Blunder Since 1950

Commentary Recently, I wrote that the world would be “Living Dangerously for Four Years Under Joe Biden.” In plain terms, Joe Biden is not physically or mentally up to the job. By dismissing the Chinese regime’s atrocities against the Uyghurs, a Muslim minority who live in Xinjiang in northwest China, as part of “different norms,” Biden…


Video: Communist China Is Committing Genocide in Xinjiang and Building Authoritarian Bloc—USCIRF Commissioners

“What the Chinese communists are doing is trying to eliminate a whole people,” says Commissioner Gary Bauer of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. The U.S. government, in the last full day of the Trump presidency, determined that the People’s Republic of China, under the control of the Chinese Communist Party, is committing genocide…


Canada Warns Companies Against Using Supply Chains Involved in Forced Labour in China’s Xinjiang

The federal government warned Canadian companies operating in and doing business with China of risks they face if their supply chains are involved in forced labour, citing credible reports of human rights abuses. Global Affairs Canada and the Canadian Trade Commissioner Service issued an advisory last week notifying Canadian firms of the legal and reputation risks of doing businesses…


China in Focus (Jan. 19): State Secretary: Uyghur Genocide Under CCP

The Trump Administration says the Chinese Communist Party has committed genocide against its Uyghur minority in Xinjiang. The U.S. government gives China tens of millions of dollars every year. But a new report says Trump has slashed that amount by half. Wuhan’s Virology Institute reportedly received support from Western countries. It’s the same facility that…