Lammy plans China visit for September to kick-start high-level engagement
Exclusive: Move highlights ambition to reconnect with Beijing but minister will face pressure over human rights David Lammy is planning a visit to China in...
Category : Uyghurs
China’s panda promise to Adelaide put in black and white as human rights protesters bear witness
Wang Wang and Fu Ni have lived at the city’s zoo for 15 years but are due to head home by the end of 2024...
Labor urged to put China’s human rights record before trade and demand concrete action
Anthony Albanese should seek commitments for tangible measures in his talks with Li Qiang, campaigners say Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app...
German firm BASF to pull out of Xinjiang after Uyghur abuse claims
Chemicals producer says audits revealed no wrongdoing but recent media reports crossed red line The German chemicals producer BASF has said it will withdraw from...
Thermo Fisher stops sale of DNA kits in Tibet after activists raised fears of rights abuses
Campaigners say testing is among methods used to surveil people in the tightly controlled region The US biotech company Thermo Fisher has halted sales of...
Campaigners aim to lower support for China on UN human rights council
Parliamentarians from 15 countries urge reduction in vote to signal disapproval of country’s crackdown on Uyghur population An effort is under way to drive down...
Chinese authorities reportedly sentence Uyghur professor to life in prison
Human rights group says Rahile Dawut lost appeal after being convicted in 2018 on charges of promoting ‘splittism’ A leading Uyghur professor who disappeared six...
‘Like a war zone’: Congress hears of China’s abuses in Xinjiang ‘re-education camps’
Pair tell of witnessing or experiencing torture and brainwashing, as Republicans and Democrats vow to document ‘genocide’ Two women who say they experienced and eventually...
UN human rights commissioner criticised over planned Xinjiang visit
Exclusive: Politicians accuse China of organising a ‘Potemkin-style tour’ for Michelle Bachelet A group of 40 politicians from 18 countries have told the UN high...
