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Truss: hacked documents show China’s ‘human rights violations’ in Xinjiang

China has been urged to grant “unfettered” access to the United Nations’ human rights watchdog after a cache of police files revealed further details of the abuse of minorities in Xinjiang province. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said the files ...

24 May 2022 at 11:11

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China claims foreign relations ‘sabotage’ as UN rights official visits Xinjiang

Chinese officials have said the US, UK and other foreign powers are seeking to sabotage its foreign relations by orchestrating criticism surrounding a trip by the top United Nations official for human rights. China has long held back the ...

24 May 2022 at 13:53

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China rejects UN report on Uighur rights abuses in Xinjiang

China has denounced a UN report that says the government’s arbitrary detention of Uighurs and other mostly Muslim ethnic groups in the western region of Xinjiang may constitute crimes against humanity. Human rights groups and the ...

01 Sept 2022 at 08:54

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UN cites possible crimes against humanity in China’s Xinjiang

China’s discriminatory detention of Uighurs and other mostly Muslim ethnic groups in the western region of Xinjiang may constitute crimes against humanity, the UN human rights office said in a long-awaited report. The report ...

01 Sept 2022 at 00:49

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UN accuses China of Uighur abuses that ‘may constitute crimes against humanity’

The UN has accused China of serious human rights violations that may amount to “crimes against humanity” in a long-delayed report examining a crackdown on Uighurs and other mostly Muslim ethnic groups. Beijing has denounced ...

01 Sept 2022 at 15:45

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China shuns co-operation with UN human rights office over Xinjiang report

China cannot co-operate with the UN human rights office after it released a report criticising Beijing’s policies against Uighurs and other ethnic groups in western Xinjiang, a top Chinese diplomat has said. However, Chen ...

09 Sept 2022 at 19:02

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Trial resumes for pair accused of 2015 Bangkok shrine bombing

A long-delayed trial has resumed in Thailand of two members of China’s Muslim Uighur minority who are accused of carrying out a 2015 bombing at a Bangkok landmark in which 20 people were killed. Another 120 people were ...

22 Nov 2022 at 13:30

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Uighur county in China has highest prison rate in the world

Nearly one in 25 people in a county in the Uighur heartland of China has been sentenced to prison on terrorism-related charges in what is the highest known imprisonment rate in the world, analysis of leaked data shows....

16 May 2022 at 11:25

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China expels Canadian diplomat in tit-for-tat move

China announced the expulsion of a Canadian diplomat on Tuesday in retaliation for Ottawa ordering a Chinese consular official to leave the country over alleged threats he made against a Canadian politician and his ...

09 May 2023 at 09:59

UK ‘clear-eyed’ China will not change ‘overnight’, says Cleverly

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly has said the UK is “clear-eyed” that China will not change “overnight”, as he finished meetings with senior officials in Beijing in a visit aimed at easing tensions with the Asian ...

30 Aug 2023 at 16:02

UK urged to arrest visiting Xinjiang governor over Uighur ‘genocide’

MPs believe an official from a region of China accused of “genocide” should be arrested if he arrives in the UK for talks with the Foreign Office (FCDO). The House of Commons heard the governor of Xinjiang, ...

09 Feb 2023 at 15:04

Sir Iain Duncan Smith joins protest by Uighur activists at FCDO

Sir Iain Duncan Smith joins protest by Uyghur activists at FCDO

Sir Iain Duncan Smith has accused the Chinese governor of Xinjiang of murder as he joined Uighur activists protesting against his reported visit to Britain next week. Activists gathered outside the Foreign ...

14 Feb 2023 at 07:28

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