A number of "serious human rights violations" may have been committed against Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in China's western Xinjiang region, according to a new report by the United Nations' Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR

What do satellite images reveal about a mysterious complex taking shape in a desert in the Xinjiang region? Drones are changing the battlefield—not only in the sky, but also at sea.

They advance CCP narratives about Xinjiang by obscuring state media employees’ affiliations and by orchestrating tours of Xinjiang for pro-CCP Western influencers, said the report.

"Taiwan Province, Hong Kong, Xizang, Xinjiang, the South China Sea, and other issues are related to China’s territorial sovereignty and core interests," said an official statement by the CCP’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the time.

As of March, Amazon still lists stores on its website that advertise their products as being 100 percent “Xinjiang Cotton.” “The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act not only empowers but directs U.S.

"It’s not just because I have to pay for the quarantine; the key is that people there are afraid of those who return from Xinjiang [where there are reported COVID-19 cases]. It is also difficult to leave Xinjiang now.

The dispute began a week ago, when members of Sam's Club found no results for products with the keyword “Xinjiang” when they searched via the company's app.

After that, two journalists and the editor who was responsible for the Xinjiang investigation resigned one after another.

An advocacy group is calling on the Australian government to sanction Chinese officials for human rights abuses in China's Xinjiang region.

High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet to Xinjiang that has been widely criticized by both civil society and U.N. member states including the United States. U.S.

Ultimately, the release of the U.N. report on Xinjiang makes it impossible to ignore or excuse the ongoing abuses perpetrated by the Party in Xinjiang.

The United States calls on China to take steps to end the racial and religious discrimination in Xinjiang identified in an annual report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) .

Bütikofer added: “The time has come for the Commissioner to publish its report and begin to establish what is truly happening in the Xinjiang Region.”

He worked his way up through a variety of posts in Xinjiang and received his appointment  late Thursday.

China has denied allegations of forced labor, including in the Xinjiang region. Western governments, human rights organizations, and United Nations experts have raised concerns about forced-labor practices there.

Laura Rosenberger, senior director for China and Taiwan in the White House National Security Council, who visited Xinjiang in 2010, said in her introductory remarks at the Feb. 24 event that the ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity in Xinjiang

GENEVA—Now that the Beijing Winter Olympics is over, U.N. rights chief Michelle Bachelet must release her long-delayed report on alleged violations in China's Xinjiang region against Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday

High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet to Xinjiang that has been widely criticized by both civil society and U.N. member states including the United States.

More nations joined the rebuke of the communist Chinese regime at the United Nations on Oct. 21 over its human rights abuses against Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in the far western Xinjiang region.

Tang didn’t foresee a big change politically in Xinjiang.

“The High Commissioner’s report notes that the extent of arbitrary and discriminatory detention in Xinjiang may constitute crimes against humanity.

"The Uyghurs tribunal has brought to light more information that is deeply disturbing in relation to the treatment of Uyghurs and other Muslim ethnic minorities in Xinjiang," Colville told a U.N. briefing in Geneva.

Nice focused on the abuses of Uyghur prisoners in Xinjiang.

Following the U.S. lead, a growing number of countries have recognized the CCP's suppression in Xinjiang as a “genocide.”

In January, Global Affairs Canada issued an advisory on doing business with Xinjiang-related entities, stating, “Human rights violations in Xinjiang pose a number of risks that Canadian firms operating in and doing business with China should carefully

In December, President Joe Biden signed into law a bill that banned all imports from Xinjiang. A farmer transports cotton sacks at a cotton factory in Shihezi of Xinjiang, China, on Sept. 23, 2007.

"I regret that I am not able to report progress on my efforts to seek meaningful access to the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region," Michelle Bachelet said at the opening of the Human Rights Council on Monday in Geneva.

The report, titled "Assessing the impact of CCP information operations related to Xinjiang," analyzed more than 613,000 Facebook posts and 6.78 million Twitter tweets and retweets mentioning "Xinjiang" between Jan. 1, 2020 and Jan. 1, 2022.

The official had also dismissed the regime’s repression in Xinjiang—the chief reason behind the diplomatic boycott of the Games staged by the United States and others—as a mere “lie.”

Activists concerned about forced labour have lost a court bid for a general ban on the Canadian importation of all goods from the Xinjiang region of China.