Category: Uyghur

China Human Rights Concerns: ‘Speak Truth to Power’ at Every Opportunity, Says Longtime Canadian ‘Friend of China’

When Margaret McCuaig-Johnston first began speaking out against the Chinese communist regime’s human rights abuses, the former senior government official had been “a friend of China for 40 years” and had “helped them develop their innovation capacity.” Today, she says “Canadians should speak truth to power every time they meet with Chinese officials.” “The final…


How a Longtime Canadian ‘Friend of China’ Became an Outspoken Critic of Beijing’s Human Rights Record

When Margaret McCuaig-Johnston first began speaking out against the Chinese communist regime’s human rights abuses, the former senior government official had been “a friend of China for 40 years” and had “helped them develop their innovation capacity.” Today, she says “Canadians should speak truth to power every time they meet with Chinese officials.” “The final…


Uyghur Women Subjected to Sexual Violence in CCP’s Xinjiang Repression: US Religious Freedom Commissioner

Uyghur women are victims of sexual violence under the Chinese regime’s campaign of repression in Xinjiang, regardless of whether they are detained in an internment camp or not, according to Nury Turkel, vice chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. “They think all the sexual violence that they’re subjecting Uyghur women to, this…


CCP Leader Xi Meets UN Human Rights Chief After US Calls Her Visit a ‘Mistake’

Chinese leader Xi Jinping held a video meeting with United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on May 25, a day after new documents revealing the regime’s human rights abuses targeting Uyghurs in Xinjiang was published. Bachelet kicked off the six-day trip on May 23, the first by a U.N. human rights chief…


[PREMIERING NOW] Nury Turkel: How the Chinese Communist Party Turned My Homeland Into the World’s Largest Open-Air Prison

This episode will premiere at 7:30 p.m. ET.     “They think all the sexual violence that they’re subjecting Uyghur women to—this mysterious drug that they’re giving, forced sterilization, collective punishment through gang rape—are the methods [through which] they are liberating Uyghur women. I mean, just let that sink in.” I sit down with Uyghur-American human…


Nury Turkel: How the Chinese Communist Party Turned My Homeland Into the World’s Largest Open-Air Prison

“They think all the sexual violence that they’re subjecting Uyghur women to—this mysterious drug that they’re giving, forced sterilization, collective punishment through gang rape—are the methods [through which] they are liberating Uyghur women. I mean, just let that sink in.” I sit down with Uyghur-American human rights advocate Nury Turkel, vice-chair of the U.S. Commission…


[PREMIERING 7:30 PM ET] Nury Turkel: How the Chinese Communist Party Turned My Homeland Into the World’s Largest Open-Air Prison

This episode will premiere at 7:30 p.m. ET.   “They think all the sexual violence that they’re subjecting Uyghur women to—this mysterious drug that they’re giving, forced sterilization, collective punishment through gang rape—are the methods [through which] they are liberating Uyghur women. I mean, just let that sink in.” I sit down with Uyghur-American human rights…


Attack on Senior US Official’s Brother May Have China Link

News Analysis Nury Turkel, one of the world’s most prominent Uyghurs, is under pressure from Beijing. The Washington-based American lawyer was instrumental in legislative and executive actions by the U.S. government to support Uyghur human rights in China. In the context of rising transnational repression by Beijing, including violent attacks linked to the Chinese Communist…


UK to Ban Modern Slavery Goods and Services From National Health Service

The UK is set to pass a new law targeting modern slavery in NHS supply chains such as Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) made from cotton sourced in China’s Xinjiang region. Health Secretary Sajid Javid said on Friday that he wants the landmark amendment to be “a turning point in the UK’s mission to eradicate slavery and human…


Why Don’t We Care About the Uyghurs as Much as the Ukrainians?

Commentary The revelation of Russian war crimes in Ukraine has received much coverage. Why doesn’t the Uyghur genocide in China receive the same treatment, and what can we do? The Russians have retreated from their positions, threatening the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, which has revealed possible war crimes. Mass graves, bodies tortured and shot, and…