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Xinjiang in focus as UN rights chief arrives for China visit

Allegations of human rights abuses in China’s northwestern Xinjiang region will dominate a visit by the United Nations’ top rights official that starts Monday

The Independent UK

U.N. Human Rights chief kicks off high-stakes visit to China, Beijing cites COVID in limiting access

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet arrived in China on Monday, kicking off the first trip by a holder of the office since 2005 amid concerns that it could lead to an endorsement rather than scrutiny of China's rights record.

Reuters

China's Xinjiang Crackdown Under Scrutiny Ahead of UN Rights Chief Visit

China's crackdown on Muslim minorities in the remote region of Xinjiang will return to the spotlight next week when Beijing hosts the United Nations human rights chief for the first time in nearly two decades. The highly scrutinized six-day trip by High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet will begin Monday, with stops…

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How goods made with forced labor end up in your local American store

A new report from a non-profit group finds that goods imported from the Xinjiang region in China could be the result of policies that coerce the Uyghur ethnic minority into factory jobs.

WEKU

UN rights chief to make landmark trip to China’s Xinjiang region

Michelle Bachelet’s visit marks the first trip to China by a UN human rights commissioner since 2005.

Al Jazeera

UN human rights commissioner criticised over planned Xinjiang visit

Exclusive: Politicians accuse China of organising a ‘Potemkin-style tour’ for Michelle Bachelet

The Guardian - UK

UN rights chief to visit China next week, travel to Xinjiang

The United Nations’ top human rights official will visit China next week on a trip that will take her to the Xinjiang region, where rights groups and some Western governments allege the Chinese government is committing genocide and serious abuses against Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities

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Leaked list of people sentenced on terrorism-related charges reveals scale of imprisonment in China's Uyghur heartland

A list obtained and partially verified by the Associated Press cites the names of more than 10,000 Uyghurs who have been sent to prison in just Konasheher county alone, one of dozens in southern Xinjiang.

ABC News

Uyghur county in China has highest prison rate in the world

In oasis towns and villages by the desert in China’s far west Xinjiang region, over 10,000 Uyghurs have vanished – ripped from their families and sentenced to years, even decades in prison on vague, secretive charges

The Independent UK

Uyghur county in China has highest prison rate in the world

The Independent UK

China Database Reveals the Thousands Detained in Xinjiang

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. Researchers estimate over one million Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim minorities are being held in a secretive network…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Xinjiang cotton found in Adidas, Puma and Hugo Boss tops, researchers say

Traces in shirts and T-shirts appear to contradict German firms’ promises to revise supply chains

The Guardian - UK

UN rights team in China ahead of Xinjiang visit

The U.N. human rights office has sent an advanced team to the Chinese city of Guangzhou where they are quarantining ahead of a visit to the Xinjiang region, a spokesperson said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Xinjiang: UN team in China ahead of visit by human rights chief

Michelle Bachelet due to visit Uyghur region in May after United Nations long pushed China for ‘unfettered, meaningful’ access

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UK lawmakers to consider ban on medical supplies from China's Xinjiang

Britain's lawmakers will next week consider proposed changes to legislation that would ban the government from buying medical supplies made in China's Xinjiang region, after pressure from rights groups over Beijing's treatment of the Uyghur people.

Benzinga

Goldwind Diversifies with $3 Billion Deep-Sea Wind Power Investment

Key Takeaways: Xinjiang Goldwind has announced a new tie-up worth nearly $3 billion with the city of Wenzhou involving deep-sea wind power Move will allow the company to develop technology in a major new emerging area, and also help it diversify geographically beyond its controversial home base By Doug Young

Axios

Former Xinjiang prisoner arrives in U.S. as key witness to abuses

Ovalbek Turdakun will provide evidence for a case submitted to the International Criminal Court.

The Guardian - UK

UK considering ban on NHS procurement of Chinese goods made in Xinjiang

Tory MPs want ministers to follow health bill amendment banning goods from regions with ‘risk of genocide’

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The Conversation

How China is using scholarships to shape Indonesian Muslim students' views

China has expanded its soft-power clout in Indonesia in recent years to accompany its growing economic and political foothold in Indonesia. One of these endeavours is courting Muslim students, known as “Santri”, with scholarships.

The Conversation

Settler colonialism helps explain current events in Xinjiang and Ukraine – and the history of Australia and US, too

Global flashpoints, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine and Chinese actions in Xinjiang, share a common background: a previous history of invasion and occupation.

The Independent UK

US tells China: Give UN rights chief wide access in Xinjiang

The United States wants China’s government to give “unhindered and unsupervised access” to the U.N. human rights chief when she visits China and its western Xinjiang region in May

Reuters

U.S. tells China to give UN access to Xinjiang to probe Uyghur treatment

The United States called on China on Wednesday to ensure that a planned visit by U.N. human rights chief Michele Bachelet includes "unhindered and unsupervised access" to all areas of the Xinjiang region to investigate treatment of Muslim Uyghurs.

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UN Commissioner To Travel to Xinjiang on Long-delayed China Visit

Human Rights Commissioner Michelle Bachelet has come under criticism for failing to release a report on Xinjiang commissioned more than three-and-a-half years ago. Human rights activists have been waiting for its publication for months, and called on her to release it without delay.

The Independent UK

UN rights chief to visit Xinjiang as groups press for report

The U.N. human rights chief says her office and China’s government have reached an agreement for her to visit in May the western region of Xinjiang, where human rights groups and Western governments have alleged that genocide and other crimes are being carried out against the predominantly Muslim minority group…

Reuters

China says protects free speech within limits, welcomes Bachelet visit to Xinjiang in May

Freedom of expression is protected in China but cannot be an excuse to put anyone above the law, a Chinese envoy to the U.N. said on Tuesday after the U.N. rights chief Michelle Bachelet voiced concern at arrests and prison terms for critics there.

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