UN report on China’s abuse of Uyghurs is stronger than expected but missing a vital word: genocide: The long-awaited UN report into human rights abuses committed in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) was finally published last week to a mixed reception. For some – principally the Chinese government – it went too far. Others …
China’s plans for Xinjiang, and what it means for the region’s persecuted Uyghurs – podcast: When the Beijing Winter Olympics open on February 4, diplomats from a number of countries, including the US, UK, Canada and Australia, will not be there to watch. Their diplomatic boycott hinges on concerns about human rights abuses in China’s …
How an independent tribunal came to rule that China is guilty of genocide against the Uyghurs: After 18 months of deliberations and three hearings of evidence from witnesses and experts – including anthropologists, political scientists and international lawyers – the London-based Uyghur Tribunal has ruled that the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is guilty of …
Sanctions on China won’t help Uyghurs and other migrant workers: The growing international attention to Uyghur Muslims and what China calls “vocational training centres” in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region has resulted in global discussion and response from world leaders in the form of economic sanctions. But the public discourse about Uyghurs has become too …
A Chinese hacking competition may have given Beijing new ways to spy on the Uyghurs: Herr Loeffler/Shutterstock When Apple announced in a 2019 blog post that it had patched a security vulnerability in its iOS operating system, the company sought to reassure its customers. The attack that had exploited the vulnerability, Apple said, was “narrowly …