Showing posts with label Uighurs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Uighurs. Show all posts
Friday, September 02, 2022

UN Issues Report On Human Rights Concerns In China's Uyghur Region

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On Wednesday, the United Nations Human Rights Office issued a report on human rights concerns in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Reg...
Wednesday, March 23, 2022

U.S. Imposes New Sanctions On China For Repression Of Ethnic And Religious Minorities

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On Monday, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken announced ( full text of press statement ) that the U.S. is imposing new sanctions on Chinese ...
Wednesday, December 22, 2021

China Imposes Sanctions On USCIRF Commissioners

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Radio Free Asia reports that yesterday China imposed sanctions on the chair, vice-chair and two commissioners of the U.S. Commission on Inte...
Saturday, December 18, 2021

Congress Passes Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act

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On Thursday, the U.S. Senate gave final passage to H.R. 6256, The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act ( full text ). The bill now goes to Pre...
Friday, December 10, 2021

People's Tribunal In Britain Finds China Guilty Of Genocide Against Uyghurs

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The Uyghur Tribunal , an independent People's Tribunal set up last year in Britain to investigate China’s actions against Uyghur, Kazakh...
Wednesday, December 08, 2021

White House Announces Diplomatic Boycott Of Olympics To Protest Uyghur Genocide

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White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki announced on Monday a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Olympics to protest genocide being committed ...
Friday, June 11, 2021

Senate Holds Hearings On Atrocities Against Uyghurs

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Yesterday the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a joint subcommittee hearing on atrocities against the Uyghurs in China's  Xi...
Friday, April 23, 2021

Britain's House of Commons Says China Is Guilty of Genocide

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Britain's House of Commons yesterday adopted a resolution ( full text of debate and resolution ) declaring that China has committed geno...
Tuesday, March 23, 2021

Treasury Department Imposes Sanctions On Chinese Officials Over Uyghur Human Rights

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The Treasury Department announced yesterday that its Office of Foreign Assets Control has imposed sanctions on two Chinese government offic...
Thursday, March 11, 2021

Think Tank Issues New Report On Uyghur Genocide

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Newlines Institute for Policy and Strategy, a D.C. think tank, this week issued a 55-page report ( full text ) titled  The Uyghur Genocide: ...
Tuesday, February 23, 2021

Canada's House of Commons Declares China's Actions Against Uighurs To Be Genocide

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Yesterday Canada's House of Commons passed a non-binding resolution ( full text ) declaring that China's actions against its Uighur ...
Wednesday, January 20, 2021

Secretary of State Pompeo Declares Chinese Crimes Against Humanity and Genocide Against Uyghurs

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Yesterday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the State Department has concluded that since March 2017 China has committed crime...
Tuesday, July 07, 2020

Turkistani Exiles Ask International Criminal Court To Investigate Genocide Against Uyghurs

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According to a press release issued on July 6: Today, lawyers representing the East Turkistan Government in Exile (ETGE) and the East Tur...
Thursday, May 28, 2020

Congress Passes Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act

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Congress yesterday gave final passage to the  Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020  ( full text ). The bill now goes to the President for ...
Wednesday, May 27, 2020

Uyghur Rights Advocate Appointed To USCIRF

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The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom issued a press release yesterday reading in part:: Speaker of the House of Represe...
Thursday, December 05, 2019

Congress Passes Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act

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On Tuesday, Congress gave final passage to S.178, the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2019  ( full text ). In part, the bill finds that: ...
Tuesday, October 08, 2019

US Sanctions Chinese Entities For Human Rights Abuses of Uighurs

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In a press release yesterday, he U.S. Department of Commerce announced that it is imposing sanctions on 28 Chinese governmental and commerc...
Thursday, October 03, 2019

Pompeo Speaks At Vatican Symposium On Faith-Based Organizations

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke yesterday ( full text and video of remarks ) in the Vatican at a symposium titled Pathways to Achieving...
Wednesday, April 26, 2017

China Bans Islamic Names For Uighur Children

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The New York Times reported yesterday that China has taken further steps to "curb religious fervor" among Uighurs in the western...