Events

See below for a list of past and upcoming events related to the situation in Xinjiang. These include discussion panels, demonstrations, press conferences and more.

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Human Rights in China
Aug
17

Human Rights in China

What is the true situation of human rights in China? What response should be expected from the global community? What role can public activism play in improving the situation for Chinese people? A collaboration with Human Rights Watch. A recording of the event can be viewed here.

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The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, one month later: Implementation and impact on human rights, supply chains, and accountability
Jul
14

The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, one month later: Implementation and impact on human rights, supply chains, and accountability

The Atlantic Council’s Global China Hub, GeoTech Center, and Strategic Litigation Project is hosting a virtual panel event assessing the current state of implementation of the Uyghur Force Labor Prevention Act (UFPLA) since it entered into force last month and its future impact across numerous domains.

The panel will unpack how the Act came to be, the impacts of its unfolding implementation, and where we go from here. Watch a recording of the event here.

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Book Launch & Discussion: ‘No Escape’ by Nury Turkel
Jul
4

Book Launch & Discussion: ‘No Escape’ by Nury Turkel

Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Initiative will host a book launch and discussion for Nury Turkel’s “No Escape: The True Story of China’s Genocide of the Uyghurs” on July 4 in London. The event is scheduled to complement the International Ministerial Conference on Freedom of Religion or Belief, which will be held in London on July 5-6. Watch here.

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Uyghur Forced Labour: Can the EU's directive on corporate sustainability due diligence prevent it?
Jun
7

Uyghur Forced Labour: Can the EU's directive on corporate sustainability due diligence prevent it?

Watch a recording of the event, “Uyghur Forced Labour: Can the EU's directive on corporate sustainability due diligence prevent it?”, in cooperation with the United States Mission to the European Union, with the following speakers: Ilhan Kyuchyuk, MEP, Alim Seytoff, Director of Uyghur Service at Radio Free Asia, and Chloe Cranston, Business and Human Rights Manager at Anti-Slavery International.

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Nury Turkel's 'No Escape: The True Story of China's Genocide of the Uyghurs' | AHS Virtual Book Talk
May
31

Nury Turkel's 'No Escape: The True Story of China's Genocide of the Uyghurs' | AHS Virtual Book Talk

The Alexander Hamilton Society hosted Nury Turkel, Vice Chair of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom and senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, to discuss his new book: 'No Escape: The True Story of China's Genocide of the Uyghurs'. 'No Escape' shares Turkel’s story while drawing back the curtain on the historically unprecedented and increasing threat from China. View the event recording here.

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Designating Chinese entities complicit in crimes against humanity
May
24

Designating Chinese entities complicit in crimes against humanity

While concerted action is taking place to bring attention to China’s oppression of its own population, investment by Britain's financial institutions into China is skyrocketing, Chinese state-linked companies are collaborating with institution in critical sectors, and the UK is second only to the US in producing academic papers co-authored with People’s Liberation Army scientists.

CEFTUS invites you to our upcoming parliamentary event at 7pm GMT. The discussion will be chaired by Siobhain McDonagh MP, with keynote speakers including Alastair Carmichael MP, Sir Iain Duncan Smith MP and Uyghur activist Rahima Mahmut. A recording of the event is available here.

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Dangerous Ideas: China and the Risks of Scholarship
May
12

Dangerous Ideas: China and the Risks of Scholarship

What is the current intellectual climate in China and Hong Kong? How does the reality of surveillance and self-censorship for Chinese students impact American campuses? This broad-ranging conversation will explore the history and current landscape of the intellectual climate in China and Hong Kong, how its challenges to open inquiry and academic freedom also impact American campuses, and the devastating conditions facing Uyghur scholars and thinkers.

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International Religious Freedom: Contemporary Challenges and Opportunities
Apr
12

International Religious Freedom: Contemporary Challenges and Opportunities

Please join us as we learn from and engage with the U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, Rashad Hussain. Following opening remarks from Ambassador Hussain surveying the contemporary international religious freedom landscape, a panel conversation and audience questions will further explore issues of vital significance. This event has been coordinated with the Religion, Politics, and the Common Good undergraduate program in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies. A recording of the event is available here.

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