Xinjiang Province

UK court to hear Uyghur demands to ban import of Xinjiang cotton products

A Uyghur organization and a human rights group are taking the UK government to court to challenge Britain's failure to block the import of cotton products associated with forced labour and other abuses in China's far western Xinjiang region. Tuesday's hearing at the High Court in London is believed the first time a foreign court hears legal arguments from the Uyghurs over the issue of forced labor in Xinjiang. The region is a major global supplier of cotton, but rights groups have long alleged that the cotton is picked and processed by China's Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslim minorities in a widespread, state-sanctioned system of forced labour. The case, brought by the Munich-based World Uyghur Congress and the Global Legal Action Network, a nonprofit, is one of several similar legal challenges aimed at putting pressure on the U.K. and European Union governments to follow the lead of the United States, where a law took effect this year to ban all cotton products suspected of being mad

China slams damning UN rights report on Xinjiang as 'illegal and void'

Taken by surprise over the release of UN Human Rights assessment accusing China of "serious human rights violations" against Uygur Muslims in the restive Xinjiang province, Beijing on Thursday denounced it as a US-orchestrated report to contain it and termed the damning document as "illegal, null and void." The much-awaited report by outgoing UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet, who earlier visited Xinjiang after a long diplomatic tussle with Beijing, was released by her in Geneva in dramatic fashion, much to the surprise of China which had studiously opposed its release. "The so-called assessment is orchestrated and produced by the US and some western forces. It is completely illegal and null and void," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told a media briefing here while slamming the report. Bachelet, the former President of Chile, who came under immense pressure, finally brushed aside Beijing's opposition and released the report on the last day of her office on ...

China's Xi Jinping reaches Xinjiang, signals no change to Uyghur policy

Chinese leader Xi Jinping, on a visit this week to the Xinjiang region where his govt is widely accused of oppressing predominantly Muslim ethnic minorities, showed no signs of backing off policies

China leader Xi Jinping visits Xinjiang region amid human rights concerns

Chinese leader Xi Jinping visited the northwestern Xinjiang region this week amid concerns over China's detention of a million or more members of primarily Muslim ethnic native minorities

US ban on imports from Xinjiang province disrupts China's supply chain

The United States is rallying its allies against forced labour as it begins implementing an import ban on goods from China's Xinjiang region, where it says Beijing is committing genocide

US ban on imports of Chinese products from Xinjiang upsets Xi's dreams

China's ambitious bid to be the hegemon and Hercules of the universe is going to be a pipe dream for now with a US ban on import of Chinese products made with forced labour in Xinjiang province

China braces for US ban on import of products from Xinjiang province

The import of Chinese goods manufactured by forced labour in Xinjiang province will now be blocked after the US-sponsored Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act came into effect on June 21

UN human rights chief asks China to rethink Uyghur policies in Xinjiang

Michelle Bachelet, who visited Xinjiang as part of a six-day trip to China, said the visit was not an investigation but an opportunity to raise concerns with senior Chinese leaders

UN rights official Bachelet starts Xinjiang trip, meets Chinese FM Wang

China's foreign minister met with the UN's top human rights official on her visit to the country and shared with her that China opposes politicising human rights and imposing double standards

Give UN rights chief 'unhindered' access in Xinjiang: US tells China

The United States has called on China's government to grant "unhindered and unsupervised access" to the UNHCR Michelle Bachelet, when she visits Xinjiang region in May

China fumes over France's Xinjiang resolution over human rights issues

The Chinese embassy opposed a resolution the French Parliament adopted over human rights issues in China's Xinjiang province

Private sector should oppose Chinese genocide: US on Tesla Xinjiang store

The White House has urged private companies to oppose the human rights abuses and genocide by China in Xinjiang.This comes after Tesla, a US-based vehicle manufacturer, opened a showroom in the region in China, Kyodo News reported.At a news conference, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said that private sector companies that fail to address forced labor and human rights abuses within their supply chains face "serious legal, reputational, and customer risk," both internationally and in the US."I can't speak to the specific situation of one company, but as a general matter, we believe the private sector should oppose the PRC's human rights abuses and genocide in Xinjiang," Psaki said.In recent times, the US has ramped up its campaign against China for repressing religious minorities in Xinjiang.Recently, the administration of President Joe has decided on a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics next month in a show of protest over China's human rights abuses.The president

Musk-led Tesla enters China's Xinjiang slammed for human rights violation

Elon Musk-run Tesla has opened a showroom in China's Xinjiang region, criticised globally for serious human rights violations of the Uyghur Muslims and other ethnic and religious minority groups.

US House approves bicameral bill aimed to ban imports from China's Xinjiang

The US House of Representatives passed a final version of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, which bans the importation of goods made with forced labour in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Region

US House approves bicameral bill aimed to ban imports from China's Xinjiang

US House of Representatives passed a final version of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, which bans the importation of goods made with forced labour in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

US House passes bill to ban goods produced forcibly by Uyghurs in China

The US House of Representatives passed a bill banning imports from China's Xinjiang made with forced labour

China accuses EU of imposing 'unacceptable' preconditions on Xinjiang visit

China has accused the European Union (EU) of imposing "unacceptable" preconditions on a visit to Xinjiang province

Pakistan PM Imran Khan refuses to condemn China's Xinjiang crackdown

He said China had been "one of the greatest friends to us in our most difficult times". He added that any conversation to be had with China would be held "behind closed doors"

UN rights chief seeks Xinjiang visit this year, says HK trials key test

Bachelet is under growing pressure from Western states to secure unfettered access to Xinjiang

Drop in China's Xinjiang birthrate largest in recent history: Report

Xinjiang in far western China had the sharpest known decline in birthrates between 2017 and 2019 of any territory in recent history, according to a new analysis by an Australian think tank