Labor urged to put China’s human rights record before trade and demand concrete action
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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...
Iain Duncan Smith calls for arrest of Chinese governor for ‘crimes against humanity’
Erkin Tuniyaz is head of the Xinjiang region, where human rights abuses are alleged to be taking place The former Conservative party leader Sir Iain...
China’s Xi Jinping makes rare visit to Xinjiang
President shown surrounded by smiling and clapping Uyghur residents on first visit in eight years China’s president, Xi Jinping, has paid his first visit to...
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...
