Uighur-Muslims

• China lashes out at H&M, Nike over criticism of human rights abuses in Xinjiang

  On Thursday, a party newspaper, the Global Times, cited Burberry, Adidas, Nike and New Balance as having made 'cutting remarks' about Xinjiang cotton as early as two years ago.

  World

  Mar 25, 2021
  
• Conservatives call for House to declare China’s persecution of Uighurs a genocide

  The move is the latest by the Tories to ratchet up pressure on the Liberal government to move beyond calls for an international investigation and to take action.

  Canada

  Feb 18, 2021
  
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• Champagne won’t call China’s treatment of Uighurs genocide after Beijing criticism

  After Bob Rae said the United Nations should investigate if the Uighur's treatment amounts to genocide, China called his comments "ridiculous" and said Canada was being hypocritical.

  Canada

  Nov 16, 2020
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• U.S. to block cotton, tomato imports from China’s Xinjiang over Uighur forced labour

  The Trump administration announcement of the actions, initially expected on Tuesday, has been put off until later this week because of "scheduling issues," a spokesperson said.

  World

  Sep 9, 2020
• Trump told China’s Xi that detaining minorities was the ‘right thing to do’: Bolton

  At a summit in Japan in 2019, with only interpreters present, Xi gave Trump an explanation for the Chinese camps for Uighurs, who are ethnically and culturally distinct from the country's majority Han population.

  Politics

  Jun 17, 2020
• Trump signs bill to punish China with sanctions over Uighur Muslim treatment

  The bill, which passed the U.S. Congress nearly unanimously, was intended to send China a strong message on human rights by mandating sanctions against those responsible for oppression of members of China's Muslim minority.

  Politics

  Jun 17, 2020
• Chinese Uighurs worked in supply chains for dozens of companies, including Bombardier: report

  Thousands of Uighurs were sent to work in factories across China -- “under conditions that strongly suggest forced labour.”

  Consumer

  Mar 3, 2020
• More than 1,000 Indonesians protest China’s detention of Uighur Muslims

  The protesters, many wearing blue headbands reading “Save Uighurs,” chanted “Get out, China!”

  World

  Dec 27, 2019
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• U.S. bill on detention of Uighur Muslims further strains relations with China

  The bill “disregards the facts and mixes up black and white,” said the Foreign Affairs Commission of China’s legislature.

  World

  Dec 4, 2019
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• Xinjiang government in China calls report into Uighur detention camps ‘fake news’

  United Nations experts and rights groups estimate more than a million Uighurs and members of other ethic groups have been detained in camps in a far-reaching campaign that has triggered an international backlash.

  World

  Nov 19, 2019