Central Asian Turkic language and number about 10 million in Xinjiang. As the story notes, the Chinese government has long sought to respond to the Uighur opposition to central rule: "The current crackdown began after a surge of anti- government and anti-Chinese violence, including ethnic riots in 2009

izations spanning 36 countries issued a call to action, seeking formal commitments from clothing brands to cut all ties with suppliers implicated in Uighur forced labor and to end all sourcing from the Xinjiang region of China in the next twelve months." Politico <https://www.politico.corn/news/2020/07

TA00137052 separatist-group-11604661868> (11/6, Hua, Subscription Publication, 7.57M) reports China criticized the State Department for removing a Uighur separatist group that is now largely defunct from the department's list of terrorist organizations. China has blamed the group for ethnic tensions i

t Organizations. The Wall Street Journal (11/6, Hua, Subscription Publication, 7.57M) reports China criticized the State Department for removing a Uighur separatist group that is now largely defunct from the department's list of terrorist organizations. China has blamed the group for ethnic tensions i

usly tolerated." Uighurs Urge ICC To Take Action Against Chinese Communist Party. The New York Times (7/6, Simons, 18.61M) reports that on Monday, "Uighur exiles urged the International Criminal Court...to investigate Beijing for genocide and crimes against humanity, the first-ever attempt to use inte

izations spanning 36 countries issued a call to action, seeking formal commitments from clothing brands to cut all ties with suppliers implicated in Uighur forced labor and to end all sourcing from the Xinjiang region of China in the next twelve months." Politico (7/23, Leali, 4.29M) reports that "near

f June 30, that number was 51." After reviewing "state media reports and public records," the Times found that "at least 17 of those companies" use Uighur forced labor. UN Agency: US-Sought Tanker "Hijacked" Off UAE Now In Iran. The AP (7/19, Gambrell) reports a UN agency "acknowledged Sunday that a U

l President Obama's order to close Guantanamo by early next year, ad- ministration officials are looking to Palau to accept some or all of the 17 Uighur detainees because of fierce congressional opposition to releas- ing them on US. soil. Last year, a federal judge or- dered the 17 released into the

thods of Modern Authoritarians Beijing has revived the practice of coerced pub- lic "confessions" and escalated its surveillance of the Tibetan and Uighur minorities to totalitar- ian levels; and Azerbaijan has made the Aliyev family's monopoly on political power painfully obvious with the appointment

wo cases were reported in Khyber Agency; the rest arc Type I. (xii) China recorded a few cases of Type I among children in the Malang province with Uighur Muslim majority and a probable transmission link to Afghanistan/Pakistan -- the Chinese authorities immediately administered anti-polio drops to al

izations spanning 36 countries issued a call to action, seeking formal commitments from clothing brands to cut all ties with suppliers implicated in Uighur forced labor and to end all sourcing from the Xinjiang region of China in the next twelve months." Politico (7/23, Leali, 4.29M) reports that "near

t Organizations. The Wall Street Journal (11/6, Hua, Subscription Publication, 7.57M) reports China criticized the State Department for removing a Uighur separatist group that is now largely defunct from the department's list of terrorist organizations. China has blamed the group for ethnic tensions i

o cultivate — in April last year, Erdogan broke protocol when he started his Chinese trip with a stopover in Urumqi, capital of historically Turkic Uighur Xinjiang. Eager to attract outside investment to encourage prosperity as a salve for ethnic tensions between Uighur and Han Chinese and historical

d her office did not respond to a request for comment. In a message on Facebook later, she condemned protesters and urged them to obey police." -- Uighur activists called the leaked Chinese documents revealing the government's plan to systematically detain millions of ethnic minorities in the Xinjian

d her office did not respond to a request for comment. In a message on Facebook later, she condemned protesters and urged them to obey police." -- Uighur activists called the leaked Chinese documents revealing the government's plan to systematically detain millions of ethnic minorities in the Xinjian

e world they are), Chinese authorities are creating a global registry of Uighurs who live outside of China. Chinese authorities threatening to detain Uighur relatives who remain in China if they do not provide personal information of their relatives living abroad to the Chinese police. This campaign has p

ernment have been involved in a campaign of intimidation against some VOA and RFA staffers and their family members. In early 2018, relatives of some Uighur reporters on Radio Free Asia were detained by Chinese authorities in Xinjiang province. VOA’s Mandarin service has approximately one hundred employee