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10 killed in apartment fire in northwest China's Xinjiang

Authorities say a fire in an apartment building in northwestern China’s Xinjiang region has left 10 people dead and nine injured

The Independent UK

UN committee urges China to free Xinjiang detainees, recommends reparations

A United Nations committee urged China on Thursday to release people held in detention facilities in its Xinjiang region and recommended that it provide victims with "remedies and reparation".

Reuters

Uyghurs urge Albanese government not to ignore human rights amid diplomatic thaw with China

Prisons in Xinjiang region ‘are not re-education centres … these are death camps’, says delegate

The Guardian - AU

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Coalition calls for sanctions on Chinese officials over Uyghur human rights abuses in Xinjiang

The president of the World Uyghur Congress says he appreciates Australia's work to increase pressure on China over human rights abuses in Xinjiang, but worries Australia will soften its stance as it tries to slowly rebuild ties with Beijing.

ABC News

Major funds exposed to companies allegedly engaged in Uyghur repression in China

Report finds stock indexes provided by MSCI include companies using forced labour or constructing surveillance state in Xinjiang

The Guardian - UK

The Uighur 'influencers' peddling Beijing's propaganda narrative

While part of the international community denounces the repression of the Uighur ethnic group in Xinjiang, a region in western China, Uighur "influencers" offer an idyllic vision of their daily life. But a growing number of human rights organisations and the United Nations have documented China’s severe repression of this…

France 24

EU to renew sanctions on Chinese officials over Xinjiang

The European Union (EU) is set to renew sanctions on Chinese officials it has accused of "serious human rights violations" in the western region of Xinjiang for another year.

Bangkok Post

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After APEC, where to on China?

After the PM's first face-to-face meeting with Xi Jinping in three years, foreign policy experts analyse NZ's next steps regarding China's increasing influence and human rights abuses.

Newsroom.co.nz

Chinese Spyware Targets Uyghurs through Apps

Cybersecurity researchers said they have found evidence of Chinese spyware in Uyghur-language apps that can track the location and harvest the data of Uyghurs living in China and abroad. Uyghurs are a Turkic Muslim minority predominantly in China's northwestern region of Xinjiang, where a recent UN report said Beijing may…

Asharq Al-Awsat

US blocks more than 1,000 shipments of solar energy equipment from China over slave labor

More than 1,000 shipments of solar energy components worth hundreds of millions of dollars have piled up at U.S. ports since June under a new law banning imports from China's Xinjiang region over concerns about slave labor, according to federal customs officials and industry sources.

France 24

Exclusive-U.S. blocks more than 1,000 solar shipments over Chinese slave labor concerns

Reuters

The Uighur ‘influencers’ working for Beijing’s propaganda machine

If you watched some of the videos on YouTube featuring young Uighur influencers, then you would have no idea that a growing number of human rights organisations and the United Nations have documented China’s severe repression of this Muslim ethnic minority. In a study published mid-October, an Australian research centre…

France 24

UN slams Xinjiang rights abuses

A high-level UN panel on Oct 26 slammed Beijing's ongoing and egregious human rights abuses in the western Xinjiang regions of the People's Republic. China's human rights violations have been committed through the use of "severe and undue restrictions" that are "characterised by a discriminatory component, as the underlying acts…

Bangkok Post

UN members condemn China over abuse of Uighurs in Xinjiang

Fifty countries urge China to uphold international human rights obligations in its treatment of the Uighur minority.

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Axios

In angry email, China denounces "despicable" Senate bill to sanction Xi

Sen. Josh Hawley proposed sanctions on Xi over Xinjiang.

Foreign Policy

How Putin and Xi Are Trying to Break Global Human Rights

In their own way, Russia and China are threatening the world’s system for defending human rights.

The Guardian - UK

Failure to investigate UK imports linked to forced Uyghur labour unlawful, court told

World Uyghur Forum brings high court challenge against government agencies over Xinjiang cotton imports

Bangkok Post

Uyghur group challenges Britain over 'slave labour' cotton

LONDON: A Uyghur rights group told a London court on Tuesday that the British government has unlawfully failed to investigate the importation of cotton produced with "slave labour" in the Chinese province of Xinjiang.

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The Independent UK

UK court to hear Uyghur demands to ban Xinjiang cotton

A Uyghur organization and a human rights group are taking the U.K. government to court to challenge Britain’s failure to block the import of cotton products associated with forced labor and other abuses in China’s far western Xinjiang region

The Guardian - UK

China using influencers to whitewash human rights abuses, report finds

Social media videos by people from the Uyghur community are part of a sophisticated propaganda campaign, thinktank says

ABC News

The relentless rise of Xi Jinping: From an exiled prince to China's potentially permanent ruler

From the son of a respected China reformer to the permanent leader of the Chinese Communist Party, Xi Jinping has reshaped China's domestic politics and international orders in the past decade, with experts predicting a more dominating and aggressive China in the next five years.

Axios

What China looks like after a decade of Xi Jinping's rule

Xi is expected to be selected for a precedent-defying third term at this year's 20th Party congress.

Evening Standard

UK Government accused of ‘dragging its heels’ over forced labour allegations in China

The British Government is being sued over claims it is “dragging its heels” over trade linked to forced labour in China.

The Hindu

Respect and guarantee human rights to Uighurs of Xinjiang, says India

‘We hope that the relevant party will address the situation objectively and properly,’ says Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi

France 24

UN human rights report on China's torture of Uighurs: MEPs call for strong EU response

It was the report that China hoped would never see the light of day. Just minutes before her mandate ended, the office of now-former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet published its long-overdue assessment of human rights in China's Xinjiang region. It contained damning findings of mass arbitrary…

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