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Protests vs China's COVID-19 restrictions

Noel Celis, AFP
Posted at Nov 28 09:18 AM

A deadly fire on November 24, 2022 in Urumqi, the capital of northwest China's Xinjiang region, has become a fresh catalyst for public anger. Read more »

How Xi Jinping's 10 years in power changed China

Deutsche Welle
Posted at Nov 15 07:26 AM

Soon after he came to power, Xi Jinping launched a series of anti-corruption campaigns, targeting political opponents and consolidating his control over the Chinese Communist Party. Read more »

50 countries at UN condemn Xinjiang rights abuses

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 01 10:24 AM

Fifty countries signed onto a statement read during a UN debate that condemned the human rights violations in China's Xinjiang region. Read more »

Chinese internet users detained over Xinjiang Covid-19 outbreak 'rumors'

Cyril Ip, South China Morning Post
Posted at Sep 13 10:40 AM

Police in China’s far western region of Xinjiang have detained four internet users, accusing them of spreading rumors about an outbreak of Covid-19. Read more »

UN rights council credibility at stake over China, Russia response

Nina Larson, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 10 04:21 PM

Faced with allegations of grave violations in China and Russia, the UN body created to address rights abuses seems paralyzed by uncertainty on how to respond. Read more »

US: China must be held to 'account' on Uyghur 'genocide'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 02 04:12 AM

The landmark UN report detailed a string of rights violations including torture and forced labor against Uyghurs, infuriating Beijing. Read more »

China slams UN Xinjiang report as 'political tool'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 01 05:09 PM

China on Thursday said a major United Nations report into alleged human rights abuses in the Xinjiang region was a 'political tool' against Beijing. Read more »

Bombshell UN Xinjiang report lists litany of rights abuses

Robin Millard and Nina Larson, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 01 08:21 AM

The United Nations released a bombshell report into serious human rights abuses in China's Xinjiang region late Wednesday, saying torture allegations were credible and citing possible crimes against humanity. Read more »

China lobbying to block Xinjiang rights report’s publication: document

Jacob Fromer and Finbarr Bermingham, South China Morning Post
Updated as of Jul 21 01:54 PM

Tightly held, highly anticipated and often delayed, formal assessment of situation in the region follows human rights chief’s controversial visit. Fight over the UN report comes as Washington policymakers show no signs of easing off their efforts to punish Beijing over alleged abuses. Read more »

Xi makes first Xinjiang visit since crackdown

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 15 03:17 PM

Chinese President Xi Jinping made a public visit to Xinjiang, state media reported Friday, his first since a crackdown in the region saw Beijing accused of detaining over a million Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in camps. Read more »

UN rights chief falls under wheels of China's propaganda machine

Helen Roxburgh And Matthew Walsh, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 27 06:04 PM

Beijing's propaganda machine has outwitted the UN human rights chief on her visit to China, campaigners say. Read more »

China hopes UN rights chief visit will 'clarify misinformation': ministry

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of May 24 01:05 PM

China's foreign minister told the United Nations' human rights chief he hoped her landmark visit would help to "clarify misinformation", ahead of her visit to the Xinjiang region. Read more »

US agency concerned over UN rights chief's China visit

Owen Churchill, South China Morning Post
Posted at May 21 10:12 AM

The US State Department warned that restrictions by Beijing could make a thorough investigation into alleged rights abuses there impossible. Read more »

UN human rights chief to visit China

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 20 08:22 PM

The UN rights chief will begin her long-anticipated visit to China on Monday, her office said, including to the Xinjiang region where authorities stand accused of widespread violations. Read more »

China database reveals the thousands detained in Xinjiang

Laurie Chen and Eyul Deniz, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 13 04:51 PM

A leaked list of thousands of detained Uyghurs has helped Nursimangul Abdureshid shed some light on the whereabouts of her missing family members, who have disappeared in China's sweeping crackdown on Xinjiang. Read more »

IOC chief rebukes Beijing Olympics organizers

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 18 05:42 PM

The IOC called an immediate meeting with Chinese organizers to remind them to keep politics out of the Beijing Olympics, president Thomas Bach said Friday, after a local spokeswoman hit back at "lies" about Xinjiang. Read more »

China incensed by French parliament's genocide declaration

Poornima Weerasekara, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 21 04:34 PM

China condemned a French parliament resolution on Friday that accuses Beijing of carrying out a genocide against its Uyghur Muslim population, a move that has strained ties two weeks before the Winter Olympics. Read more »

Japan extends US military support amid China, N.Korea 'challenges'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 07 10:56 PM

Japan moved ahead with an expansion of support to US troops as the allies held top-level talks on Friday over tensions with China and North Korea. Read more »

US enacts law to ban Xinjiang imports over China's forced labor

Kyodo News
Posted at Dec 24 04:05 PM

US President Joe Biden on Thursday signed into law a bill effectively banning all imports from China's Xinjiang region amid concerns over the use of forced labor involving its Uyghur ethnic minority, immediately triggering a backlash from the Communist-led government. Read more »

China sanctions 4 US officials after Washington’s measures over Xinjiang

Jun Mai, South China Morning Post
Posted at Dec 22 12:18 PM

Beijing has announced sanctions against four members of a US government commission monitoring religious freedom, in response to Washington’s latest sanctions targeting China’s Xinjiang policies two weeks ago. Read more »