Tag: Uyghur

Canadian MPs Urge Passage of Organ Trafficking Bill in Honour of Late Rights Champion David Kilgour

MPs rose in the House of Commons on April 8 to table a petition requesting the passage of a bill combating organ trafficking in honour of David Kilgour, a former cabinet minister and renowned human rights advocate. Kilgour, who had a long career in politics, passed away on April 5 from a rare lung disease….


Most Australian Solar Farms Exposed to China’s Slave Labour Supply Chains

At least six in every 10 of Australia’s largest solar farms have sourced solar panels from supply chains vulnerable to China’s Uyghur forced labour programmes. The United States, Australia, and other western countries have condemned the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) over its human rights abuses against more than a million Uyghurs in Xinjiang, including its…


Uyghur Forced Labor Widespread in Solar Supply Chain: Hudson Institute

A March 9 Hudson Institute talk has drawn renewed attention to the role of Uyghur forced labor in the Chinese-dominated supply chain for solar panels and related technologies. Nury Turkel, a Hudson Institute senior fellow and Uyghur-American human rights activist, spoke with Laura Murphy, a professor of human rights and contemporary slavery at the United…


Australian Billionaire Unveils Biggest Renewables Hub in Southern Hemisphere

Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest continues to make good on his commitment to transform Australia into a world-class green energy titan, with the announcement of what could become the southern hemisphere’s largest solar, wind, and battery hub. Forrest-owned Squadron Energy Orders has issued contracts to immediately start construction for the $3 billion (US$2.2 billion) Clarke Creek…


Were the Beijing Games the Success That China Claims Them to Be?

Commentary Mercifully, the Winter Olympic Games have come to an end after a “very communist closing ceremony,” which featured a carefully choreographed parade of 365 “ordinary Chinese people” showcasing the supposedly harmonious Chinese society that Beijing has manufactured using “Chinese methods.” The event was almost a reminder of the image of uniformed Chinese youth marching…


IOC Human Rights Audit Lacks Transparency and Credibility, Activists Say

In its Jan. 19 statement, the IOC said it conducted an audit on its suppliers of branded products with “due diligence”—a United Nations framework describing corporations’ responsibilities in upholding human rights—and “did not find any forced, bonded, indentured or child labor.” However, the IOC’s audit lacks both transparency in results and an “analysis of suppliers’…


Detention Centers Located 10 Minutes From Olympics

A new bill introduced in the House looks to sanction thousands of China’s top officials, including Xi Jinping and his family. A quarantined journalist longs for a cup of coffee, after more than a week in Olympic isolation. We look at what athletes say about the scene in Beijing. The Olympics seek to build a…


Disappearance of Uyghur Skier Is a Reminder of Beijing’s Repression of Ethnic Minorities

News Analysis The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) repression of ethnic minorities was the reason for a widespread diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics. Now, a Uyghur skier who lit the Olympic flame has gone missing. Just days into the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games, and controversy already abounds. A Dutch reporter was mishandled by Chinese…


‘Puppetry’: Use of Uyghur Skier in Opening Winter Olympics Ceremony Draws Criticism

The Winter Olympics in Beijing, already off to an awkward start thanks to a local guard’s widely reported mishandling of a Dutch reporter, took a controversial turn when a skier representing the persecuted Uyghur minority of western China took part in the flame-carrying ritual that marked the official opening of the Games on Friday. The…


‘Puppetry’: Use of Uyghur Skier in Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony Draws Criticism

The Winter Olympics in Beijing, already off to an awkward start thanks to a local guard’s widely reported mishandling of a Dutch reporter, took a controversial turn when a skier representing the persecuted Uyghur minority of western China took part in the flame-carrying ritual that marked the official opening of the Games on Friday. The…