Two major scientific journals have recently retracted articles on Uyghur DNA by Chinese researchers due to ethical concerns. The International Journal of Legal Medicine and Human Genetics retracted the two articles that were published in 2019 on Sept. 7 and Aug. 30 respectively. The scientific journals are owned by academic publisher Springer Nature. Both articles study…
International Scientific Journals Retract Chinese Research Articles on Uyghur DNA for Ethical Violation
September 11, 2021
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Leaders Trade Barbs on ‘Two Michaels,’ China Human Rights in English Debate
A question on where the next prime minister will stand when it comes to the “trade off” between Canada’s economic growth and recognizing the Chinese regime’s human rights violations sparked fiery exchanges among party leaders during the English debate on Thursday night. Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau was quick to jump in the moment NDP Leader…
Sen. Rick Scott Calls Out Kodak CEO for Apologizing to CCP Over Xinjiang Instagram Post
September 2, 2021
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Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) is calling out East Kodak CEO James Continenza for apologizing to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) over an Instagram post featuring images of Xinjiang—where the regime is accused committing genocide—after some complaints on heavily censored Chinese social media platforms. The Republican lawmaker sent Continenza a letter on Wednesday in response to…
‘Unbelievable,’ Says Tory Candidate of China Ship Deal While ‘2 Michaels’ Remain Imprisoned
The fact that a federal shipbuilding contract ended up going to a Chinese state-owned conglomerate is “unbelievable,” especially when Canadian citizens Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor continue to be arbitrarily imprisoned in China, says Conservative candidate Pierre Paul-Hus. Paul-Hus, a Conservative MP and his party’s shadow minister for public safety before the election was called,…
International Lawmakers Call for UN Investigation Into Uyghur Genocide
A group of international lawmakers has called on the United Nations to investigate alleged genocide against Uyghur and other ethnic minorities in China, the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) said on Monday. It comes as the 47th regular session of the U.N. Human Rights Council (OHCHR) began in Geneva on Monday. In a letter to OHCHR President…
Japan, Australia Raise Concerns About Reported Abuses in China
TOKYO—Japan and Australia voiced “serious concerns” on Wednesday over reports of human rights abuses against Uyghur and other Muslim minorities in China’s far western region of Xinjiang, but Beijing dismissed the remarks as a malicious smear. Calls have grown from some Western nations to investigate if China’s actions in Xinjiang amount to genocide, as the…
Amid Accusations of Genocide From the West, China Policies Could Cut Millions of Uyghur Births in Xinjiang: Report
BEIJING—Chinese birth control policies could cut between 2.6 million and 4.5 million births of the Uyghur and other ethnic minorities in southern Xinjiang within 20 years, up to a third of the region’s projected minority population, according to a new analysis by a German researcher. The report, shared exclusively with Reuters ahead of publication, also…
NBA Stars Urged to End Endorsement Deals With Chinese Firms Complicit in Forced Labor
June 2, 2021
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The chairs of the bipartisan Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) on Tuesday urged the president of the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) to end endorsement deals with Chinese sportswear firms linked to forced labor. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) in a letter expressed concern over contracts that more than a dozen NBA…
Lithuanian Parliament Latest to Call China’s Treatment of Uyghurs ‘Genocide’
VILNIUS—The parliament in Lithuania on Thursday became the latest to describe China’s treatment of its Uyghur minority as “genocide”, voting to call for a U.N. investigation of internment camps and to ask the European Commission to review relations with Beijing. The Biden administration in the United States has used the term genocide to describe the…
Forced Uyghur Labor Behind World’s Solar Panels, Investigation Finds
May 15, 2021
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British researchers say the world’s production of solar panels is being fueled by forced labor from Uyghur Muslims in the Chinese province of Xinjiang. An investigation by Sheffield Hallam University says some 45 percent of the world’s supply of a key component in the panels—polysilicon—comes from Xinjiang and is obtained through a vast system of…
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