Abdulhakim Idris is a human rights activist and the husband of the well-known advocate for Uyghurs’ rights, Rushan Abbas. He does not know where his mother is. by Abdulhakim Idris Mr. Idris’ mother, Ms. Hebibehan Hajim Dear Mother, It was April 25, 2017, when I last heard your voice. Today, it has been 1095 days. 3 years since our last phone conversation. I remember your trembling voice when you told me not ...

By ADAM KLASFELD Half a year after the release of the “China Cables,” the Western world had harsh words for Chinese abuses of the Uighur people, but have taken no significant actions to back up those statements. (CN) — In an immortal line quoted by proponents of government transparency, the late and legendary U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis famously noted, “Sunlight is said to be the best disinfec ...

by Keith B. Richburg Leaders of countries long friendly to China because of economic concerns—and willing to turn a blind eye to its atrocious human rights record and abuses like holding a million Muslim Uyghurs in concentration camps—are demanding Beijing be held to account. As the novel coronavirus has spread from its original epicentre of Wuhan into a global pandemic, China’s ruling communist party is pu ...

Jake Hoffman and Michelle Sassouni Op-ed views and opinions expressed are solely those of the author. If you discovered that a communist dictatorship had confirmed reports showing that over one million citizens of a particular faith and ethnicity were in concentration camps, would you not be concerned? Then if you had evidence that this authoritarian government had economic and philosophical motivations to ...

By David Brennan n independent tribunal based in London has written to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urging him to investigate the appointment of a Chinese official to the United Nations Human Rights Council. The China Tribunal—chaired by human rights lawyer Sir Geoffrey Nice—claims that diplomat Jiang Duan's appointment to the UNHRC Consultative Group means the UN is "sleepwalking into complicity" ...