Uighur

The Chinese national flag is seen in Beijing, China April 29, 2020. REUTERS-Thomas Peter-File Photo-File Photo

China passes tough new online privacy law

August 20, 2021

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Friday that Japan remained determined that the Olympics would go ahead as planned in Tokyo this summer.

Japanese premier to travel to U.S. for talks with Joe Biden

April 15, 2021

Erkin Tursun, a former TV producer whom officials said is serving a 20-year sentence in Xinjiang, is seen speaking on a video shown at a news conference on Xinjiang-related issues, in Beijing, China April 9, 2021. Reuters TV-via REUTERS

Under pressure over Xinjiang, China takes aim at overseas Uighurs, academics

April 9, 2021

European Union (EU) leaders will hold a video summit on Thursday in a bid to agree on a shared fiscal response to a recession looming as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, though there is little hope of a breakthrough.

EU foreign affairs ministers to issue sanctions for rights abuses

March 22, 2021

FILE PHOTO - Security guards stand at the gates of what is officially known as a vocational skills education centre in Huocheng County in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China September 3, 2018.REUTERS-Thomas Peter-File Photo

Dutch parliament: China’s treatment of Uighurs is genocide

February 25, 2021

China bans BBC World News in row over Xinjiang reporting

February 12, 2021

Twitter locks account of China’s U.S. embassy over its defence of Xinjiang policy

January 21, 2021

A major Chinese supplier of consumer electronics components, Lens Technology, has been accused of using forced Uighur labor workers from the predominantly Muslim region of Xinjiang, China.

Apple supplier Lens Technology accused of using forced Uighur labor

December 29, 2020

Prime Minister Boris Johnson discussed telecoms security with US President Donald Trump as he prepares to announce if Britain will use China’s Huawei in its 5G networks, officials said Saturday.

Huawei: Uighur surveillance fears lead PR exec to quit

December 28, 2020

Barcelona’s Antoine Griezmann dumps Huawei over ‘Uighur surveillance’

December 10, 2020

FILE PHOTO - A Chinese police officer takes his position by the road near what is officially called a vocational education centre in Yining in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China September 4, 2018. REUTERS-Thomas Peter-File Photo

Police list gives insight into detention system in China’s Xinjiang – group

December 9, 2020

Prime Minister Boris Johnson discussed telecoms security with US President Donald Trump as he prepares to announce if Britain will use China’s Huawei in its 5G networks, officials said Saturday.

Huawei worked on facial recognition system to surveil Uighurs – report

December 8, 2020

United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday said United States Ambassador to China Terry Branstad would leave the post.

US removes group condemned by China from ‘terror’ list

November 7, 2020

Istanbul Basaksehir's Demba Ba reacts. REUTERS-Kemal Aslan

Former Chelsea striker Ba issues rallying cry for China’s Uighur Muslims

August 20, 2020

US President Donald Trump speaks during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus, which causes COVID-19, in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House on April 17, 2020, in Washington, DC. (AFP-Jim Watson)

US to sanction nine Chinese companies, one institute for rights violations

May 23, 2020