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Hacks, threats and propaganda: how China tried to discredit the Uyghur Tribunal

Posted on September 17, 2021, in "Re-Education" Camps Arbitrary Arrests Forced Labour Freedom of Religion Genocide News Other News Uyghur Related News WHAT’S NEW

Coda Story. 16 September 2021

Below is an article published by Coda Story. Photo:AFP.

When Xinjiang camp survivor Erbakit Otarbay, from Kazakhstan, decided to give evidence at London’s Uyghur Tribunal earlier this week, he felt proud of himself. Here was a chance to be a witness at an independent hearing that sought to investigate the human rights crisis in the northwest of China. Before a panel of judges, he would be able to recount the horrors he experienced in government-run detention centers between 2017 and 2018, after visiting family in Xinjiang.

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China accuses Washington of ‘low political tricks’ over Uyghur exhibit

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Reuters. 17 September 2021

Below is an article published by Reuters. Photo:REUTERS/Denis Balibouse.

A U.S.-backed Uyghur photo exhibit of dozens of people who are missing or alleged to be held in camps in Xinjiang, China, opened in Switzerland on Thursday, prompting Beijing to issue a furious statement accusing Washington of “low political tricks”.

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‘Wall of the Disappeared’: U.S.-backed Uyghur exhibit opens in Geneva

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Reuters. 16 September 2021

Below is an article published by Reuters. Photo:REUTERS/Denis Balibouse.

A U.S.-backed Uyghur photo exhibit of dozens of people who are missing or alleged to be held in Chinese-run camps in Xinjiang, China opened in Switzerland on Thursday amid high tensions over human rights between Beijing and Washington.

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Uyghur Tribunal Wraps up in London With Eye on December Ruling on Genocide Allegations

Posted on September 16, 2021, in "Re-Education" Camps Arbitrary Arrests Counter-Terrorism Human Rights Defenders News Other News Uyghur Related News WHAT’S NEW

RFA. 13 September 2021

Below is an article published by RFA. Photo:Video screenshot courtesy of Uyghur Tribunal.

The final round of a tribunal investigating whether China’s treatment of its ethnic Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims constitutes genocide ended in London Monday after four days of hearings and testimony provided by nearly 40 witnesses and experts, with a nonbinding verdict expected at the end of the year.

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How 9/11 helped China wage its own false ‘war on terror’

Posted on September 9, 2021, in "Re-Education" Camps Arbitrary Arrests Counter-Terrorism Human Rights Defenders Human Rights Issues News Other News Uyghur Related News WHAT’S NEW WUC Related News

AlJazeera. 8 September 2021

Below is an article published by AlJazeera. Photo:Reuters/Thomas Peter.

Over the past two decades, the crisis in China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has drastically worsened. This has much to do with the major expansion after 2001 of repressive measures directed at suppressing dissent among Uighurs, dressed in the rhetoric of anti-terrorism.

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Japan Must Take Legal Action Against Uniqlo

Posted on September 9, 2021, in "Re-Education" Camps Arbitrary Arrests Forced Labour Genocide Human Rights Issues News Uyghur Related News WHAT’S NEW

The Liberty Web. 9 September 2021

Below is an article published by The Liberty Web. Photo:AFP.

A major focus of this year’s International Religious Freedom Summit was the issue of genocide against the Uyghurs in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. The Liberty spoke with a Uyghur lawyer and a speaker of this year’s Summit.

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Uyghur Man Draws 15-Year Prison Term for Contacting Uncles Overseas

Posted on September 9, 2021, in "Re-Education" Camps Arbitrary Arrests Human Rights Issues News Uyghur Related News WHAT’S NEW

RFA. 8 September 2021

Below is the article published by RFA. Photo:Reuters.

A Uyghur man living in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) was sent to an internment camp four years ago for the crime of speaking to relatives overseas, contradicting Chinese claims that Uyghur residents of the region are free to keep in touch with family members abroad, RFA has learned.

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Broadcasters urged to cancel plans to cover Beijing Olympics

Posted on September 8, 2021, in "Re-Education" Camps Arbitrary Arrests Forced Labour Genocide Human Rights Issues News Other News Uyghur Related News WHAT’S NEW

AP News. 8 September 2021

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Some of the world’s largest broadcasters including American network NBC are being asked by human rights groups to cancel plans to cover next year’s Winter Olympics in Beijing. The Winter Games are scheduled to open on Feb. 4.

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