A London-based Tribunal has found China guilty of committing genocide against Uyghurs. The Uyghur tribunal ruled that Chinese President Xi Jinping was ''primarily responsible'' for acts perpetrated against Muslim minority groups.

Tribunal rules China committed genocide against Uyghurs, Jinping 'primarily' responsible

US House of Representatives members are poised to vote next week on a bill that would ban imports from China's Xinjiang region over concerns about forced labour, Representative Jim McGovern, the bill's sponsor, said on Thursday.

US House to vote on bill banning imports of products from China's Xinjiang

A major leak from Beijing has exposed Chinese President Xi Jinping. Files bearing the classification "secret" and "top secret" reveal how the Chinese President ordered the genocide against the Uighurs in Xinjiang. Palki Sharma tells you more.

Gravitas: Xi Jinping ordered the Genocide against Uighurs

JPMorgan Chase Chief Executive Jamie Dimon said on Wednesday he regretted his remarks that the Wall Street bank would last longer than China's Communist Party (CPC), moving quickly to avoid any longer-term fallout.

Dimon says he regrets comment on JPMorgan outlasting China Communist Party

The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum said in a report issued Tuesday that China had escalated its crimes against the Muslim community of Uyghurs in the northwestern region of Xinjiang and that it was “gravely concerned” that the government “may be committing genocide.

US Holocaust Museum says China ‘may be committing genocide’ against Uyghurs

China has been removing Arab-style features from mosques while remodelling them to appear more "Chinese". The "sinicisation" campaign has been playing out in Xining also known as Sining.

China removes domes, minarets from mosques, pushes 'sinicisation'

Forty-three countries called on China to "ensure full respect for the rule of law" for the Muslim Uyghurs in Xinjiang.The statement was made at the United Nations on Thursday.

More than 40 countries ask China to respect rights of Uyghurs

An Australian think tank has said in its report that Chinese authorities in the country's Xinjiang region are using predictive policing to gather 'micro clues' about Uyghurs.

China using predictive policing on Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang: Report

International Olympic Committee has refused to pull up China for its rights abuses in Xinjiang. Olympic officials say it's not part of their remit. How does genocide fit into the Olympic brand? Why is the IOC eager to not hurt China? Palki Sharma tells you.

Gravitas: Olympic officials ignore China's rights abuses

A former Chinese police officer has turned whistleblower and exposed the Chinese communist party's Xinjiang cover-up. His claims have created waves in power corridors in Beijing & Xinjiang. CPC officials have now been forced to acknowledge & address the explosive claims made by one of their own.

Former Chinese police officer turns whistleblower, exposes Xinjiang cover-up

For months, China has detained women from Muslim ethnic groups for cyber'pre-crimes' such as using the messaging app WhatsApp and a school Gmail account. The Chinese government classifies such "violators" as pre-criminals.

China detains Muslim women for using WhatsApp, Gmail

The former Chinese detective turned whistleblower has revealed rare details on what he described as a systematic campaign of torture against ethnic Uyghurs in the region's detention camp system, claims China has denied for years.

Torture inflicted on Uyghurs in Xinjiang revealed by Chinese detective in exile

China's state-run Global Times in its report claimed that the population of ethnic minorities in the restive Xinjiang region has grown in "size and quality" as the government released a white paper on Xinjiang's population.

China's white paper claims rise in Uyghur population in Xinjiang

Human rights activists on Thursday called on China to release an Uyghur scholar, who was sentenced seven years ago to life in prison for "separatism," for raising his voice against discrimination against Uyghurs in northwest China's Xinjiang region, according to a media report.

Human rights activists call on China to release Uyghur scholar

Delivering his maiden speech at the United Nations General Assembly, President Joe Biden made it clear that the US would not take a back seat in geopolitics while calling out North Korea and Iran for their attempts to develop nuclear weapons, Beijing’s human rights abuses in Xinjiang, the civil war in Ethiopia and abuse of women’s rights in Afghanistan.

UN General Assembly 2021 | Biden raises Xinjiang human rights abuse issue in maiden speech

According to China's state media, the country's authorities are constructing 30 airports in Tibet and Xinjiang provinces in an attempt to boost infrastructure. China had already launched a bullet train connecting Lhasa with Nyingchi which is a Tibetan border town close to Arunachal Pradesh.

China building 30 airports near India’s border in Tibet, Xinjiang: Report

Beijing has imposed a "population optimisation strategy" in order to shrink the population of the Uyghur community in the country's southern Xinjiang, said the report, based on official Chinese documents and academic debate.

China imposes 'population optimisation strategy' to shrink Uyghurs in Xinjiang

Hilton Hotels is building a new project on a plot of land where a Uighur mosque once stood. Why is the hotel chain encouraging the genocide in Xinjiang? What is China doing to mosques in the province? Palki Sharma tells you.

Gravitas: New Hilton hotel atop razed Uighur mosque

Satellites have discovered that China is building a facility for 110 nuclear missile silos in Xinjiang. Reports claim that Beijing could be concerned about India's rapid nuclear buildup. WION's Palki Sharma tells you more.

Gravitas: Inside China's largest expansion of its nuclear force

The American company Eastman Kodak has deleted an Instagram post featuring images of Xinjiang, a western Chinese region where the government is accused of grave human rights violations, after an online backlash from Beijing’s supporters.

Kodak deletes post by photographer who called Xinjiang an ‘Orwellian dystopia’

The US Senate passed legislation on Wednesday to ban the import of products from China's Xinjiang region, the latest effort in Washington to punish Beijing for what US officials say is an ongoing genocide against Uyghurs and other muslim groups.

US Senate passes bill to ban all products from China's Xinjiang

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in a phone call to Chinese President Xi Jinping said Uyghur Turks should live in prosperity and peace as "equal citizens" of China.

Uyghur Turks should live in peace as equal citizens of China: Erdogan to President Xi Jinping

The Biden administration on Friday imposed sanctions against 34 companies and entities linked to China's military and policy towards the Uyghur minority including those involved with allowing exports to Russia and Iran.

US sanctions 34 companies with links to China's Uyghur policy, ties with Iran, Russia

A new study has revealed that China’s popularity in developed countries has seen a major fall due to the way the country has been treating minority groups and the excessive restrictions on freedom and human rights.

China's poor attitude towards human rights results in decline in popularity in developed countries: Study

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