A set of classified Chinese documents released by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) has revealed that Beijing keeps track of Uyghurs even when they reside in other countries. Documents dubbed the “China Cables” were sourced by ICIJ from a confidential Chinese source and have been verified by intelligence experts. Monitoring Uyghurs The documents ...
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) recently published a series of leaked Chinese documents that reveal the horrifying extent to which Beijing is culturally cleansing the Uyghur minority in Xinjiang. Dubbed the “China Cables,” the documents have been dismissed by China as fake. Brainwashing Uyghurs One of the documents is a 9-page memo from ...
At a recent UN General Assembly meeting, member states were split on how China was treating its Uyghur minority population in the Xinjiang region. Many political experts believe that the stark difference in opinion among nations is an indication of how the world is getting increasingly polarized into pro-Western and pro-China countries. Picking sides At ...
The U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) has asked U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to enforce laws that will block the import of goods made through forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) in China. Forced labor goods “There is a substantial risk that apparel made in the XUAR, or with XUAR ...
Recently, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) caught hold of fashion apparel from China they suspect was sourced from Xinjiang’s prisons and made using forced labor. Though the CBP did not reveal which American companies were importing such items, an investigation by the Associated Press tracked the products to enterprises like Costco. Forced labor ...
The Chinese government is to the Xinjiang Uyghurs what the Nazis were to the Jews. The re-education camps run by Beijing, which it claims are for the benefit of the Uyghur people, have only one goal — to eradicate the cultural heritage of the community. The one difference is that the Nazis were blatant about ...
In July, 37 nations signed a letter that announced support for China’s policies in Xinjiang, a region where Beijing has been persecuting the Uyghur Muslim minority. Signatories of the letter, included Qatar, UAE, Egypt, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and so on. However, Qatar recently withdrew its signature from the letter. Qatar supporting Uygurs “Taking into account our focus ...
China has consistently denied organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners and other groups. About 4,316 people have been confirmed dead (as of Aug 11, 2019) due to this state-sanctioned organ extraction. However, the real number of victims is believed to be far higher, according to independent researchers. The independent China Tribunal that was set up ...
After China said that most of the Uyghurs being detained at internment camps in Xinjiang had been released, Uyghurs living abroad demanded that Beijing prove their claim. Many Uyghurs living in the West have taken a dim view of the Chinese Communist Party’s statements, saying that their relatives are still incarcerated in the camps. Uyghur ...
Beijing has continually denied that the Uyghur camps it runs in Xinjiang have anything to do with violating the human rights of religious minorities in China. However, a recent video report by the BBC shows the frightening conditions of such camps. Brainwashing camps In the video, the reporter is shown exploring a camp where the ...