Uyghur

The Uyghurs are a Turkic-speaking ethnic group primarily located in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China, which is in the northwest part of the country. The Uyghurs are one of the 56 officially recognized ethnic groups in China, with a population of over 11 million people. The Uyghurs are predominantly Muslim and have their own unique language and culture.

In recent years, the Chinese government has been accused of committing human rights abuses against the Uyghur population, including arbitrary detention, forced labor, and religious and cultural persecution. Reports from various human rights organizations and media outlets have alleged that up to a million Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities have been detained in “re-education” or “vocational training” centers. The Chinese government denies these allegations and refers to these centers as measures to combat extremism and terrorism in the region. However, many in the international community have expressed concern about the treatment of the Uyghurs and have called for an end to the human rights abuses.

 

 

FACT SHEET: President's Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
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FACT SHEET: President's Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons

Today, the President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (PITF) met for the second time in the Biden-Harris Administration.  A member of the U.S. Advisory Council on Human Trafficking also joined the meeting and spoke about the Council’s 2022 report, which includes insights and recommendations for how the Federal Government can…

Russian Aluminum Tariffs Mostly Good For Speculators, Not Much Else
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Russian Aluminum Tariffs Mostly Good For Speculators, Not Much Else

Russia is being hit with a new punishment for its war with Ukraine. On Monday, Bloomberg reported the U.S. government would put a 200% tariff on Russian aluminum imports. But, only speculators will benefit from this one. Russia is a minor supplier to the U.S. Russia accounts for roughly 2.3% of aluminum imported to the…

The 28 million people trapped in human trafficking deserve action from Congress
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The 28 million people trapped in human trafficking deserve action from Congress

Neuroscience has confirmed what most of us already know — humans are terrible at understanding big numbers. This limitation likely contributed to challenges in how the American public perceived and grappled with COVID. Two neuroscientists explained it this way, “Numbers are a useful, clear and efficient way to summarize [harms], but … the brain simply…

DHS Helped 765 Human Trafficking Victims in 2022, Made Thousands of Trafficking Arrests
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DHS Helped 765 Human Trafficking Victims in 2022, Made Thousands of Trafficking Arrests

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today released the second Center for Countering Human Trafficking (CCHT) Annual Report, outlining the Department’s achievements in combatting human trafficking during the previous fiscal year (FY). As a global leader in the fight against human trafficking, DHS works to end sex trafficking and forced labor through a wide range of…

Business of selling human organs extracted from prisoners by Chinese govt continues unchecked: Report
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Business of selling human organs extracted from prisoners by Chinese govt continues unchecked: Report

The business of selling human organs, extracted from live and illegally detained prisoners by the Chinese government is going on unchecked, Voices Against Autocracy reported. Medical practitioners around the world, governments, and universal bodies like the World Health Organization (WHO) must work to put an end to this “inhuman and disgusting practice.” Experts in an…

Uyghur Rights Group Fails in Legal Challenge Against UK Government
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Uyghur Rights Group Fails in Legal Challenge Against UK Government

LONDON — A Uyghur rights group’s legal challenge against the British government for not investigating the import of cotton produced in the Chinese region of Xinjiang was dismissed by a London court Friday. The World Uyghur Congress, an international organization of exiled Uyghur groups, had taken legal action at London’s High Court against Britain’s Home…

January Is Human Trafficking Prevention Month
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January Is Human Trafficking Prevention Month

By now, many people have heard of human trafficking and slavery, but I always like to start any conversation about this issue with this fact: there are an estimated 50 million trafficked and enslaved people around the world. This number is shocking, but even more shocking is that this is a rise of over 10…

‘Desperate’ need to implement law against organ harvesting: Taiwanese legislators
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‘Desperate’ need to implement law against organ harvesting: Taiwanese legislators

Taipei [Taiwan], December 20 (ANI): The forced organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners (who believe in the cultivation of moral character through forbearance) in China has been the largest-scale atrocity in the world, and the Taiwanese traveling to the country are either organ recipients or transplant surgeon, NTD news reported citing experts. While addressing the…

Cars made in last 5 years likely tied to Uyghur forced labor, report finds
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Cars made in last 5 years likely tied to Uyghur forced labor, report finds

Immediately following the release of a new report linking almost the entire car industry to Uyghur forced labor, the United Auto Workers (UAW) union issued a call for car manufacturers to cut ties with the Uyghur Region. Volkswagen, other major car companies implicated The report, Driving Force: Automotive Supply Chains and Forced Labor in the…

Jiang Zemin, 1926-2022
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Jiang Zemin, 1926-2022

With his portly build, high-waisted pants, and square-rimmed glasses, the late Jiang Zemin effected a grandfatherly bearing. Behind his trademark spectacles, however, was a calculating politician — one who would safeguard the Chinese Communist Party’s control of China and change the course of history. The signature achievement of Jiang, who died last week in Shanghai…