EU agrees on China sanctions over Uighur crackdown EU member states have agreed to impose sanctions on four Chinese officials and one state-owned entity over Beijing's crackdown on the Uighur minority, European diplomats … World • 17 Mar 21
China committing genocide against Uighurs - report The Chinese government's treatment of Uighurs has violated "each and every act" prohibited by the United Nations' Genocide Convention, a report by dozens of international … World • 10 Mar 21
China carrying out 'genocide' against Uighurs - Pompeo US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said that China is committing genocide against the mostly Muslim Uighur people, in a stinging statement on his … World • 19 Jan 21
Uighurs used in Xinjiang cotton forced labour - report Hundreds of thousands of ethnic minority labourers in China's northwestern Xinjiang region are being forced into picking cotton by hand through a coercive state labour … World • 15 Dec 20
Inside Xinjiang: China cracks down on Uighur population China has built a vast network of high-security facilities across the north-western province of Xinjiang. It calls them vocational training centres, but the UN says … World • 01 Oct 20
China has 380 detention centres in Xinjiang - research China's network of detention centres in the northwest Xinjiang region is much bigger than previously thought and has been expanded in recent years, according to … World • 24 Sep 20
EU asks China to let observers visit Xinjiang The EU has asked China to grant independent observers access to its Xinjiang region, where Beijing is accused of orchestrating widespread rights abuses against the … World • 14 Sep 20
China hits back at Raab accusations about Uighurs China has hit back at comments by Britain's foreign secretary that accused the Chinese government of "gross" human rights abuses against ethnic and religious minorities … World • 20 Jul 20
Chinese media slam 'clownish' Ozil for Uighur comments Chinese state media has warned that Mesut Ozil's criticism of the country's treatment of its Uighurs will have "serious implications" for Arsenal. World • 16 Dec 19
France calls on China to close Uighur detention camps France has called on China to end "mass arbitrary detentions" in Xinjiang, where around one million ethnic Uighurs and other Muslim minorities are being held … World • 27 Nov 19
Leaked documents reveal how China runs Xinjiang camps Leaked government documents outlining the need to prevent escape and constantly monitor detainees in China's network of internment camps refute Beijing's defence of "vocational education … Asia • 25 Nov 19
