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China’s treatment of Uyghurs may be crime against humanity, says UN report

The UN accused China of serious human rights violations that may amount to “crimes against humanity” in a long-delayed report examining a crackdown on Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim ethnic groups. Beijing on Thursday denounced the assessment as a fabrication cooked up by Western nations.

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U.N. says China may have committed crimes against humanity in Xinjiang

China's "arbitrary and discriminatory detention" of Uyghurs and other Muslims in its Xinjiang region may constitute crimes against humanity, the outgoing U.N. human rights chief said in a long-awaited report on Wednesday.

Reuters

UN to release Xinjiang rights report within hours

Geneva (AFP) - The UN rights chief will release a long-awaited report on alleged violations in China's Xinjiang region before leaving office later Wednesday, despite intense pressure from Beijing not to publish the assessment at all.

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UN rights chief to publish Xinjiang report on Wednesday

Geneva (AFP) - The UN rights chief will release a long-awaited report on alleged violations in China's Xinjiang region before leaving office later Wednesday, despite strong pressure from Beijing not to publish.

AFP

UN rights chief leaving with China report still unreleased

Geneva (AFP) - Diplomats paid tribute to departing UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday, despite her failure to release a long-promised report on alleged abuses in China's Xinjiang region.

AFP

Uyghur Australian Sadam Abdusalam opens up about freeing wife and child from China's Xinjiang and welcoming new baby

Beijing's policies against Uyghur Muslims kept Sadam separated from his wife Nadila and young child for years. Now they are settling into life in Australia and the couple has welcomed a new baby boy.

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UN rights chief under ‘tremendous pressure’ over Xinjiang report

Michelle Bachelet says she has faced pressure over a report on the rights situation in China’s Xinjiang region.

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UN rights chief admits 'tremendous pressure' over Xinjiang report

Geneva (AFP) - The UN rights chief said Thursday she was facing "tremendous pressure" over a long-delayed report on China's Xinjiang region and admitted that she was uncertain when it would appear.

AFP

UN rights chief hints report on Xinjiang may miss deadline

The outgoing U.N. human rights chief has suggested her office won’t make good on her promise to release its long-awaited report on China’s Xinjiang region by the end of her term next week

The Independent UK

UN rights chief 'under tremendous pressure' over report on China's Uyghurs

The UN human rights chief said on Thursday that she is still aiming to release a long-anticipated report on China's treatment of its Uyghur minority in Xinjiang by the end of her four-year mandate next week amid "tremendous pressure" from all sides.

Reuters

Shams: Former Celtic Tacko Fall headed to China to play for Xinjiang Guanghui Flying Tigers

The Boston big man alum will head to the CBA for one season, per reports.

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U.N. expert concludes 'forced labour' has taken place in Xinjiang

It is "reasonable to conclude" that forced labour of members of minority groups has taken place in China's western Xinjiang region, the UN's top expert on slavery said in a report released this week, prompting a fierce response from Beijing.

Reuters

‘Reasonable to conclude’ forced labour in China: UN expert

Special rapporteur on slavery says some abuses in Xinjiang could amount to “crime against humanity”.

Al Jazeera

Forced labour, possible 'enslavement' in China's Xinjiang: UN expert

Geneva (AFP) - Minorities have been drafted into forced labour in China's Xinjiang region in sectors such as agriculture and manufacturing, a report by an independent UN expert has concluded, in what it said could amount to "enslavement as a crime against humanity".

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H&M Returns to Alibaba’s Tmall, 16 Months After Xinjiang Controversy

Swedish fashion giant H&M's (HMb.ST) official store on Alibaba's (9988.HK) Tmall e-commerce platform has re-opened, 16 months after the Chinese site took it down following the brand's criticisms of human rights abuses in Xinjiang. The re-opening was first noticed by Chinese netizens and confirmed by a Reuters search of the…

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Crowds try to flee Shanghai Ikea store to avoid strict COVID-19 lockdown in China

Health authorities try to lock down customers at a Chinese Ikea store over an "abnormal" coronavirus test result as dozens of people flee.

Al Jazeera

China labour watchdogs face tough tradeoffs to keep access alive

The Better Cotton Initiative faced scrutiny over its work after partnering with Chinese firm accused of rights abuses.

Reuters

China races to contain COVID outbreaks in tourism hubs Tibet, Hainan

China raced on Tuesday to stamp out COVID-19 outbreaks in the tourist hubs of Tibet and Hainan, with the authorities launching more rounds of mass testing and closing venues to contain the highly transmissible Omicron variant.

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The Turkish school preserving culture of young Uighurs in exile

In Istanbul, a ‘Uighur School’ is teaching and housing children whose families face persecution in Xinjiang, China.

The News Lens

Dizzy With Success: Xi Consolidates Repression in Xinjiang

An “inspection tour” signals Beijing’s odious grip on the region and determination to control people’s identity.

Reuters

China's Xinjiang warns of more floods, risk to cotton crop amid heatwaves

China's Xinjiang province on Saturday warned of more flash floods and mudslides and risks to agriculture as heatwaves swept across the region, accelerating the pace of glacial melt and posing hazards for its cotton production.

Bangkok Post

Why is China's Uighur population shrinking?

After becoming the Communist Party of China's (CPC's) chief of Xinjiang province in 2016, Chen Quanguo oversaw a security crackdown that led to a sharp drop in births. Some observers accused China's leadership of committing genocide against the province's mostly Muslim Uighur population through forced sterilisation and abortion. Chinese Foreign…

Foreign Policy

Chinese Mortgage Boycott Gains Steam

Homebuyers’ threats to stop payments on unfinished projects could deepen an ongoing real estate crisis.

The Guardian - AU

Mask mandates ruled out as nation records 90 Covid deaths – as it happened

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China seeks to stop UN rights chief from releasing Xinjiang report

China is asking the United Nations human rights chief to bury a highly-anticipated report on human rights violations in Xinjiang, according to a Chinese letter seen by Reuters and confirmed by diplomats from three countries who received it.

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