Topic: china-human-rights

US considers joint boycott of 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics

US considers joint boycott of 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics

Robert Delaney, South China Morning Post
Posted at Apr 07 12:50 PM

Calls have grown for the US to back out of the Games because of alleged human rights violations in China. US State Department spokesman Ned Price stressed the need to work with allies so that any step the US takes will have more influence on Beijing. Read more »

Biden says China to face repercussions on human rights

Biden says China to face repercussions on human rights

Jeff Mason, Reuters
Posted at Feb 17 01:20 PM

China will pay a price for its human rights abuses, US President Joe Biden warned on Tuesday, responding to queries at a televised event on the Asian nation's handling of Muslim minorities in its far western region of Xinjiang. Read more »

Jailed Chinese lawyer wins top human rights prize

Jailed Chinese lawyer wins top human rights prize

Nina Larson, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 12 04:17 AM

GENEVA, Switzerland - An imprisoned Chinese lawyer who worked on high-profile rights cases and advocated to abolish the death penalty on Thursday received the Martin Ennals Award, the world's most prestigious human rights prize. Read more »

China-EU talks hit another snag as Biden camp objects

China-EU talks hit another snag as Biden camp objects

Jack Ewing, Steven Lee Myers and Ana Swanson, The New York Times
Posted at Dec 24 05:33 AM

China, which has long been wary of allowing foreign companies greater access, seems eager to strike a deal now before the new US administration can try to rally a united front against Chinese policies and actions, as Biden has pledged to do. Read more »

US to block Chinese products from Uighur 'forced labor'

US to block Chinese products from Uighur 'forced labor'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 15 05:51 AM

WASHINGTON - The US announced Monday it would block a range of Chinese products made by "forced labor" in the Xinjiang region, including from a "vocational" center that it branded a "concentration camp" for Uighur minorities. Read more »

Apple investor vote sounds 'warning' over China app takedowns

Apple investor vote sounds 'warning' over China app takedowns

Stephen Nellis and Ross Kerber, Reuters
Posted at Feb 27 08:39 AM

The proposal, which called for Apple to report whether it has "publicly committed to respect freedom of expression as a human right," was defeated, but 40.6 percent of votes cast supported the measure, according to company figures. Read more »

Student activists disappear in China after police raid

Student activists disappear in China after police raid

Reuters
Posted at Aug 24 09:23 PM

SHENZHEN, China - Police in riot gear stormed an apartment in southern China on Friday where about 40 student activists and others supporting factory workers seeking to form a labour union were staying, according to activists who said they received a video of the raid as it was taking place.  Read more »

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