Uighur human rights abuses
Beijing Olympics: Uighur torchbearer disappears right after event
Dinigeer Yilamujiang, a cross country skier, born in Xinjiang, and Zhao Jiawen, a 21-year-old biathlete, placed the lit torch onto a giant snowflake at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics opening ceremony on Friday, Feb. 4. Yilamujiang then ranked 43rd in her Olympic debut in the cross-country skiathlon on Saturday, Feb. ...
Beijing Olympics: Could pave the way for more genocide, Uyghur group says
There has not been any sign that the 2022 Beijing Olympics might be canceled despite calls from human rights groups to boycott it. However, should the games go ahead, the World Uyghur Congress said the event would lead to a worse situation for the targets of persecution in the country. “Enabling ...
Uighur genocide: U.S. bans all products made from Xinjiang cotton and tomatoes
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) authority announced on Wednesday, Jan. 13, the absolute prohibition of all products made with cotton and tomatoes from Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China because they are the result of forced labor by Uighurs persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). "DHS [Department of Homeland ...
EU trade agreement: Beijing urged to sign a binding agreement to eliminate forced labor
With the imminent signing of a comprehensive trade treaty between the European Union (EU) and China, officials and legislators from France raised complaints against the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) use of forced labor. An inhuman practice in which the CCP uses prisoners of conscience to supply mass-produced goods for export. For ...
Uighur leader fears for persecuted Muslims in China if Biden were president
Uighur Prime Minister in Exile Salih Hudayar is concerned that a Joe Biden administration may be less harsh on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) over the human rights abuses suffered by the Uighur community in China than the Trump administration. "We're deeply concerned that they might reverse the policies that the ...

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