Uyghur

Cotton goods from China tainted with Uyghur forced labour

By Jianli Yang and Lianchao Han The Department of Homeland Security announced today that U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents would begin turning away products sourced from forced labor in the Xinjiang region of China, where more than a million Muslims, mostly of the...
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Newsweek: We Face the Specter of Genocide in Xinjiang

By: Jianli Yang & Aaron Rhodes 8/12/20 "Genocide" is a word that should only be used with great caution in the world of international relations and human rights. If genocide is recognized and verified, it imposes an unconditional moral obligation to intervene to...
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The Hill: China is replacing languages of ethnic minorities with Mandarin

By: Yang Jianli & Han Lianchao - July 29, 2020 China has been carrying out propaganda that it cares for its minority communities, putting forth this perspective at various international forums, such as the United Nations Human Rights Council and the council's...
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Press Release: 180+ Orgs Demand Apparel Brands End Complicity in Uyghur Forced Labour

Today, 72 Uyghur rights groups are joined by over 100 civil society organisations and labour unions from around the world in calling on apparel brands and retailers to stop using forced labour in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region ("Uyghur Region"), known to local...
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