Japanese lawmaker Arfiya Eri, who is of Uyghur and Uzbek heritage, secured a third parliamentary term following a snap election called by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, a vote widely seen as an early test of the government’s political footing.
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China under President Xi Jinping is “not a credible alternative” for Britain’s long-term interests, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday, urging Prime Minister Keir Starmer to raise human rights concerns during his upcoming visit to China.
United Nations human rights experts say Chinese state-run labour transfer programs targeting Uyghurs and other groups may amount to crimes against humanity.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s mid-January visit to China has drawn criticism from human rights advocates after he praised President Xi Jinping’s leadership and promoted…
U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern made the remarks in an interview with the Uyghur News Network during an event hosted by the New Lines Institute in…
As China prepares its next five-year economic plan, experts warn that in the Uyghur region it is set to entrench post-2017 systems of surveillance, labor…
WASHINGTON (UNN)— The New Lines Institute for Strategy and Policy on Tuesday launched a Transnational Repression Scholarly Working Group, as concerns grow over foreign governments…
For much of the past decade, international reporting on China’s Uyghur region has followed a grim but familiar pattern: satellite images of internment facilities, testimony…
Washington DC (UNN) — Chinese authorities have begun changing ancient Uyghur street names in Kashgar, ordering the replacement of long-standing Uyghur names with Mandarin ones,…
WASHINGTON (UNN) — Genocide Watch issued a “Genocide Emergency” alert on China’s Uyghur region, saying Chinese government policies toward Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims now…
WASHINGTON (UNN)— China continues to impose forced labor on Uyghurs and other Turkic minorities and to expand surveillance and repression, according to a new report…
WASHINGTON (UNN)— A congressional investigation released Wednesday found that weaknesses in research security at the U.S. Department of Energy allowed taxpayer-funded scientific work to be…
WASHINGTON (UNN) — A coalition of 15 countries issued a joint statement at the United Nations on Friday expressing “deep concerns” over ongoing human rights…
WASHINGTON (UNN) — President Donald J. Trump on Thursday proclaimed Nov. 2–8, 2025, as Anti-Communism Week in the United States. The president called communism “one…
A major new study released by the European Parliament has confirmed what many Uyghurs in exile have long feared: China’s campaign of repression has no borders. The June 2025 report, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI), exposes Beijing’s systematic transnational harassment of Uyghur human rights defenders, journalists, and dissidents living abroad — including inside the European Union.
A new U.S.-China trade framework promising to restart the flow of rare earth minerals to American industries is casting a long shadow due to unresolved…
A new investigation by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism has found that more than 100 global brands are linked to forced labor involving Uyghur Muslims and other ethnic minorities in China’s Xinjiang region
Washington — May 28, 2025 Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday announced sweeping visa restrictions aimed at curbing the influence of the Chinese Communist…
Kucha, China | May 26, 2025 China has stepped up a carefully choreographed media campaign in its restive Xinjiang region, as international scrutiny over human…
In a chilling revelation that underscores Beijing’s continued surveillance of Uyghur communities abroad, Turkish authorities have dismantled what officials call the most sophisticated Chinese espionage network ever uncovered on Turkish soil—targeting Uyghur exiles.