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Chinese security firm advertises ethnicity recognition technology while facing UK ban
A Chinese security camera company has been advertising ethnicity recognition features to British and other European customers, despite allegations of involvement in ethnic cleansing in Xinjiang.
Victims in Urumqi fire that sparked protests were all Uyghurs, officials confirm
The victims who died a recent apartment block fire in Urumqi – which triggered protests across China against harsh anti-virus restrictions – were all Uyghurs, officials confirmed to Radio Free Asia.
Event: Understanding the Uyghur Genocide from Experts
In this latest instalment of the Japan Uyghur Association’s series about the Uyghur genocide, Professor Laura Murphy discusses how state-sponsored forced labour in Xinjiang is tied to global supply chains.
Event: Why Uyghur Forced Labour Matters to Australians
This event consists of two panels and a Q&A with delegates from the World Uyghur Congress and two concentration camp survivors, covering how forced labour is linked to the Uyghur genocide and what forms this takes.
Uyghur man's agony after five relatives died in Urumqi fire
When a deadly fire broke out in China's northwest Xinjiang region, triggering a wave of public anger over the country's zero-Covid policy, it claimed the lives of five of one man’s relatives.
How China's Covid protests are being silenced
Following the deaths of ten people in a fire in Urumqi, an ever-growing list of words that reference the subsequent protests are being censored and attempts are being made to deflect the narrative on both various platforms.
The wave of protests testing China’s zero-Covid policy, explained
In cities across China, people are protesting Xi Jinping’s Covid policy — and even demanding his resignation.
Crowd angered by lockdowns calls for China’s Xi to step down
Protesters angered by strict anti-virus measures called for China’s powerful leader to resign, an unprecedented rebuke as authorities in at least eight cities struggled to suppress demonstrations.
Protests over China’s COVID controls spread across country
Protests against China’s pervasive anti-virus controls that have confined millions of people to their homes spread to other cities after complaints they might have worsened the death toll in an apartment fire in Xinjiang.
Deadly fire in Xinjiang prompts protests across China over strict COVID lockdowns
Authorities are told to 'strictly crack down on illegal and criminal acts' opposing the zero-COVID policy, Radio Free Asia reports.
10 killed in apartment fire in northwest China’s Xinjiang
A fire in an apartment building in China’s Xinjiang region killed 10 people and injured nine, authorities said Friday, amid stringent COVID-19 lockdowns keeping residents in their homes.
China Xinjiang: Urumqi rocked by Covid lockdown protests after deadly fire
Videos shared on social media in China have appeared to show fresh protests against Covid restrictions, after an apartment block fire killed 10 people.
Protest in Xinjiang Against Lockdown After Fire Kills 10
A fire in a residential high-rise in Urumqi, where many residents have been under lockdown, set off public anger and questions about China’s zero-Covid policy.
China Xinjiang: Ten dead in Urumqi residential block fire
Ten people have died in a fire in flats in the city of Urumqi, capital of the western Xinjiang region. The city has been under strict Covid restrictions since early August.
Major funds exposed to companies allegedly engaged in Uyghur repression in China
A new report finds stock indexes provided by MSCI include companies using forced labour or constructing surveillance state in Xinjiang, the Guardian reports.
China is erasing their culture. In exile, Uyghurs remain defiant.
A growing Uyghur diaspora has found refuge—and a reconnection to their culture—in the neighborhoods of Istanbul.
China sentences mother of Uyghur Dutch airman to 15 years for visiting him abroad
Chinese authorities have sentenced the mother and sister-in-law of an ethnic Uyghur member of the Dutch air force to 15 years in prison on charges of supporting terrorism and revealing state secrets, Radio Free Asia reports.
Commission on China - Annual Report 2022
This year’s report documents the mass persecution that punctures the “Chinese human rights” narrative that Xi Jinping attempts to sell to the world.
Forced Marriage of Uyghur Women: State Policies for Interethnic Marriage
This report examines the state-sponsored campaign of forcefully assimilating Uyghurs through coerced inter-ethnic marriages between Han men and Uyghur women.
‘Malicious' anti-lockdown comments on live stream prompt Xinjiang police probe
Chinese authorities in Xinjiang are investigating after internet users "maliciously flooded" a live-streamed government press conference with comments critical of COVID-19 restrictions.