- 25 November, 2024
Foreign Affairs, Geopolitics & National SecurityUyghurs
China’s EU envoy says no flexibility on Taiwan, sanctions, trade
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - China will never change its position on Taiwan and will also not shift its view that the European Union must lift its sanctions if a new Sino-EU…
Rights group urges Beijing Games sponsors to press China on Xinjiang
BEIJING (Reuters) - New York-based Human Rights Watch on Friday criticised corporations sponsoring the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics for ignoring what it says are China's crimes against humanity in its…
In U.N. showdown over Xinjiang, China says ‘lies still lies’
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Dozens of countries kept up pressure on China at the United Nations on Thursday over accusations of rights abuses against Uyghur Muslims and…
Olympics-Beijing Games organisers receive flame amid calls for boycott
By Karolos Grohmann ATHENS (Reuters) -Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics organisers on Tuesday received the Olympic flame at a heavily-guarded Panathenaic stadium in central Athens as human rights activists called on…
Overseas Uyghurs struggle to locate relatives in Xinjiang prisons
By Cate Cadell URUMQI, China (Reuters) - When Ziba Murat last saw her mother, retired Uyghur doctor Gulshan Abbas, at Ronald Reagan Washington National airport in 2016, she begged her…
China accuses Washington of ‘low political tricks’ over Uyghur exhibit
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - A U.S.-backed Uyghur photo exhibit of dozens of people who are missing or alleged to be held in camps in Xinjiang, China, opened in…
Australian university says Chinese Uyghur study breached ethics code
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) -An Australian university said on Wednesday that it has asked journal publisher Wiley Online Library to retract a research study conducted by a former faculty…
U.N. rights chief regrets lack of access to Xinjiang
GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations' rights chief lamented on Monday that efforts to gain access to China's Xinjiang region to probe reports of serious violations against Muslim Uyghurs have…
Think tank flags concerns over China’s use of DNA profiling against Uyghurs
Toronto [Canada], August 30 (ANI): Amid the mounting accusation of large-scale human rights violations and persecution of Uyghurs by China, fresh reports have emerged where the Chinese authorities are said…
New report documents China’s transnational repression of Uyghurs in Pakistan, Afghanistan
Washington [US], August 14 (ANI): A US-based research and advocacy group has released a new report documenting the complicity of Pakistan and Afghanistan in China's transnational repression of Uyghurs. A…
Turkistan Islamic Movement: A grave national security crisis awaiting China
Beijing [China], August 10 (ANI): The East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM), also known as the Turkistan Islamic Movement is a grave national security threat to China, said a Canada-based think…
In meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister, US Deputy State Secretary raises concerns over human rights issues
Beijing [China], July 26 (ANI): US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman on Monday met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and raised concerns over human rights issues, including Beijing's…
