To tackle forced labour, the United States has banned imports from five more Chinese companies. It has targeted China-based firms accused of using Uighur forced labour for profit.

US bans imports from five Chinese companies linked to Uighur forced labour and 'genocide'

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a spyware campaign going on against Uyghurs by “masquerading” as Android apps. The spyware is allegedly embedded in messaging services, prayer time and dictionary apps to spy on the activities of Uyghur Muslims in the Xinjiang region.

Spyware embedded in various Android apps keeping vigil on Uyghurs, their activities: Report

Chinese-born Kazakh activist Bekzat Maxutkanuly is mulling the formation of a political party to challenge Beijing. Worried over rumblings of a brewing crackdown across the border in China’s Xinjiang region, Maxutkanuly is preparing to drive from village to village across his country’s vast hinterlands to gather support for himself.

Chinese-born Kazakh activist mulling formation of political party to challenge Beijing

China has denounced the UN report that says the government’s arbitrary detention of Uighurs and other mostly Muslim ethnic groups in the western region of Xinjiang may constitute crimes against humanity.

Beijing rejects UN report on human rights abuses of Uighurs in Xinjiang, terms it ‘smear’ campaign

In a report released on Wednesday, the departing UN human rights chief claimed that severe human rights abuses had occurred in China's Xinjiang region as a result of the implementation of anti-terrorism and "anti-extremism" policies by the government.

Serious human rights violations committed in China's Xinjiang: UN human rights chief

Dozens of Chinese firms have built software that uses artificial intelligence to sort data collected on residents, amid high demand from authorities seeking to upgrade their surveillance tools, a Reuters review of government documents shows.

China uses AI software to improve its surveillance capabilities

An Uyghur woman who was arrested in the middle of the night in China's Xinjiang region more than four years ago was sentenced to 14 years in prison for giving Islamic education to youngsters in her neighbourhood and hiding copies of the Quran.

Muslim woman sentenced for 14 years in China for teaching Islam, hiding Quran

France has opened an inquiry into allegations four fashion groups profited from the forced labour of the Uyghur minority in China. Magistrates at the national anti-terror prosecutor's office in Paris are probing claims the multinational companies are complicit in crimes against humanity, the source said, confirming a report on the Mediapart investigative website.

France launches probe into fashion groups over forced Uyghur labour

China on Wednesday slammed Belgian lawmaker Samuel Cogolati for spreading "lies and false information" after parliamentarians in Brussels approved a resolution warning of "serious risk of genocide" against the Uyghur Muslim minority in Xinjiang.

China slams Belgian lawmaker for spreading 'false information' over Xinjiang resolution

The Jiaman mosque in the city of Qira, in the far western Chinese region of Xinjiang, is hidden behind high walls and Communist Party propaganda signs, leaving passersby with no indication that it is home to a religious site.

Mosques disappear as China strives to 'build beautiful Xinjiang'

New Zealand shied away from labelling China's treatment of its Uyghur Muslim minority genocide on Wednesday, once again leaving Wellington out of step with its more forthright Western allies.

Why is New Zealand shying away from calling out China?

The United States will urge its Group of Seven allies to increase pressure on China over the use of forced labor in its northwestern Xinjiang province, home to the Muslim Uighur minority, a top White House official said on Friday.

At G7, Biden will push allies to act on China's treatment of Uighurs: Report

Thirteen people who describe themselves as "victims of forced confessions broadcast on Chinese television" are urging European satellite operator Eutelsat to reconsider carrying Chinese channels CGTN and CCTV4.

Victims of 'forced confessions' request ban on Chinese TV channels

The United States on Tuesday highlighted a deteriorating picture for human rights across the world and called out China's repression of Uighurs. The State Department released reports on the rights situation last year in nearly 200 countries, which are required annually by law and include detailed reports on China.

US human rights report lambasts China over Uighur atrocities

The European Union imposed sanctions on four Chinese officials accused of responsibility for abuses against Uyghur Muslims. This is the EU's first sanction against Beijing since 1989.

WION Fineprint: EU sanctions four Chinese officials over Uighur abuses

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