Uyghur

UNHRC refuses to debate China's human rights violations

47-member body rejected text in a narrow vote of 17-19, with 11 abstentions • FM claims victory after human rights body approves first Israeli resolution

The UN is downplaying Uyghur genocide

The UN report comes out in a much-awaited but much-disappointed way. It doesn’t seriously address one of the most horrific crimes in our century in a fair and just manner.

By MAMTIMIN ALA , SALIH HUDAYAR
11/09/2022

China may have committed crimes against humanity in Xinjiang - UN report

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet recommended the Chinese government take prompt steps to release all those detained in training centers, prisons or detention facilities.

By REUTERS
01/09/2022

Israel signs statement against China's treatment of Uighurs at UNHRC

This is the second year in a row that Israeli has signed onto such a statement.

US is ready to implement ban on goods from Xinjiang, China on June 21

China denies abuses in Xinjiang, a major cotton producer that also supplies much of the world's materials for solar panels, and says the law "slanders" the country's human rights situation.

By REUTERS
01/06/2022

Alleged Chinese abuse of Uyghurs revealed in massive leak - study

The hacking produced thousands of files that prove that Chinese 're-education' camps are in fact security internment camps.

My father Elie Wiesel would have been ashamed of Beijing Olympics

Most of the world didn’t seem to know, or care, that the host country is hosting a pageant of “peace and friendship” while simultaneously terrorizing its Uyghur minority.

By ELISHA WIESEL / JTA
08/02/2022

China's UN envoy says Uyghur torchbearer choice not meant to deflect criticism

China rejects accusations of abuse, describing the camps as vocational centers designed to combat extremism, and in late 2019 it said all people in the camps had "graduated."

By REUTERS
07/02/2022

Genocide Olympics: Winter Games in China is a stain on humanity - opinion

It seems the CCP has quite a few friends helping them whitewash their crimes against humanity as the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing carry on despite Chinese human rights abuses. 

Jews around the world protest China's persecution of Uyghurs as Olympics begin

Since 2015, China has cracked down on its Uyghur population — a Turkic Muslim minority with a presence in the country’s western Xinjiang region.

By TOBY AXELROD/JTA
05/02/2022
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