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'

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

US lawmakers hit out at Tesla's expansion in the Xinjiang region where the Chinese government has reportedly opened detention camps against Uyghurs. In a letter to Tesla chief Elon Musk, the head of two House of Representatives Ways and Means subcommittees said the move was "misguided" and set a "poor example" as it "empowers" the Chinese government.

'Poor example': US lawmakers slam Musk's Tesla for expanding in Xinjiang

Top Chinese officials, including President Xi Jinping, have now been directly implicated in the crackdown on Uyghur Muslims in a newly published cache of documents.

'Xinjiang Papers': Leak reveals connection between Xi Jinping's speeches and the Uyghur crackdown

China has recently announced that all married couples would now be able to have up to three children, up from the previous limit of two. But the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) government did not scrap birth caps in the entire region of China.

As Chinese couples get approval for 3 kids, Uighur women still subjected to birth control horrors

History is repeating itself in China. The state is murdering its own people and the world is looking the other way. For China, it is nothing new. Every Chinese leader has presided over extermination campaigns - Mao Zedong presided over the great leap forward and the cultural revolution in which tens of millions were killed but it was justified as a necessary upheaval.

Xi Jinping's China trying to systematically dehumanise Uighurs as the world looks away

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

China has finally blocked access to a rare social interaction app, Clubhouse, after many locals started using it to discuss topics, including things the government does not approve.

China bans invite-only Clubhouse app as locals use it to discuss sensitive issues

There have been several accusations against China regarding the inhumane treatment of the Uighur minority group in the area Xinjiang. Now the UK, too, has once again urged China to allow the UN rights inspectors to visit Xinjiang and investigate the "appalling" allegations being raised against the human rights abuse the minority group is being subjected to in the area.

UK's Dominic Raab urges China to let UN investigate Xinjiang camps

Days after China was accused of forcing birth control measures on the Uighur women in the Xinjiang region, China has once again denied these allegations and has instead claimed the government has instead helped the minority women out of a patriarchal practice.

China denies forceful use of birth control measures on Uighur women

After reports emerged that China had employed "ethnic minority" groups in Xinjiang to force them to work in cotton farms, the Chinese government denied the allegation.

China denies reports of forced labour in Xinjiang's cotton farms

President of the World Uighur Congress, Dolkun Isa, spoke exclusively to WION's Executive editor Palki Sharma on the persecution of Uighurs in China and on the Xi Jinping regime.

We know upto 3 million Uighurs are suffering in concentration camps, says Dolkun Isa, President World Uighur Congress to WION 

Ferkat Jawdat, a Uighur-American software engineer came to the US in 2011 along with his siblings to reunite with his father who had gone to the US in 2006. His mother, Minaiwaier Tuersun, was denied a Chinese passport but was cleared by the US government to visit the US and reunite with her family.

I am just trying to raise my mother's case on the international stage, says Uighur-American activist on his mother's plight in detention

China's war against Xinjiang has touched a new law as reports claim that Chinese authorities have built a public toilet on the site of a demolished mosque. The incident took place in the Atush region of Xinjiang.

Chinese authorities demolish mosque in Xinjiang, build public toilet

More than 70 faith leaders have publicly condemned China for their treatment towards Uighur Muslims. "Uighurs are facing a human tragedy not seen since the holocaust," the statement has been signed by Imams, Rabbis and at least five serving Bishops.

Chinese pressure? Pope Francis remains silent on Uighur Muslims

Chinese government has already attracted widespread criticism for its treatment of Uighurs in the northwest region of Xinjiang, where up to one million members of mostly Muslim Turkic-speaking minority groups are held in internment camps.

Turkey deports Uighur Muslims back to China via third countries: Reports

United Kingdom's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab commented on the ongoing criticism of the Uighur concentration camps in China. Raab said it is clear that the Uighur community, which is a minority in China, is being tortured and is suffering abuses against their human rights.

Uighur community suffering in China, says United Kingdom's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab

China retaliated to United States’ sanctions by slapping its own against American officials on Monday. Washington had recently taken out sanctions against senior Chinese officials over the mistreatment of Uighur Muslims in China’s Xinjiang.

China slaps retaliatory sanctions against US officials including two senators

Chinese authorities are considering to sue a researcher and think tank who are behind reports that claim Beijing has been torturing its ethnic minority community -- Uighur Muslims.

China may sue researcher over report on forced sterilisation of Uighurs

The Trump administration on Thursday imposed sanctions on four senior officials of the ruling political party of the People's Republic of China for alleged human rights abuses targeting minority Muslim ethnic group Uighur of Xinjiang.

US imposes sanctions on Chinese officials over 'abuse' of Muslim minorities in Xinjiang

Uighur Muslims have been persecuted for their religion. but the Muslim nations of the world have been notable in their silence. Tales of arbitrary detention, rape, organ harvesting and forced conversions have been doing the rounds for years now.

Amid pandemic, US sanctions Chinese officials over Uighur abuses

China is known for its racist activities against Uighurs. But what is not out in the open is why China behaves the way it does. Where is the state's bigotry stemming from?

China prevents being a 'second' USSR by curbing Uighurs

From Hong Kong to Washington DC and even Taiwan, they are hitting back at China with warnings, threats, and even support to the people of Hong Kong. In less than a week, there have been five retaliatory moves already.

The world retaliates against China over Hong Kong security law