A Chinese flag In the Mosque In Uyghur Region  Sinéad Baker | Jan 13, 2020 China is reportedly forcing members of its Uighur Muslim minority to redecorate their homes to make them look more traditionally Chinese. Radio Free Asia reported that officials in China's Xinjiang western region are ordering Uighurs get rid of their their traditional home decoration and to "modernize" the spaces to make them more Ch ...

Mesut Özil is facing a permanent blacklisting in China to such an extent that TV commentators are deliberately not mentioning his name during broadcasts of Arsenal matches. Özil played a starring role in Arsenal’s 2-0 victory over Manchester United last week but the commentators on the PPTV streaming channel did not mention his name once, either when running through the team line-ups or when the 31-year-old ...

By Edward Wong  , Jan. 9, 2020 WASHINGTON — When Secretary of State Mike Pompeo gave a news conference this week in which he justified President Trump’s order to kill Iran’s most powerful general, he also took the opportunity to criticize China twice: for its mass detentions of Muslims and for its repressive policies in Hong Kong. China hit back immediately. “It must be pointed out that the wars staged by t ...

A demonstrator joins members of the Uighur community and sympathisers at a protest on the Dam square in the Netherlands on Dec 29, 2019.PHOTO: EPA-EFE By Reuters     Jan. 9, 2020 WASHINGTON — A U.S. congressional report called for sanctions against China over human rights abuses, and for U.S. officials to keep rights concerns in mind during dealings with Beijing, including trade negotiations. The annual hum ...

AFP-JIJI WASHINGTON – U.S. lawmakers called Wednesday for President Donald Trump’s administration to impose sanctions over rights abuses in China as they released a report describing “crimes against humanity” against the Uighur minority. In a wide-ranging annual report, the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, which tracks human rights in the Asian power, voiced alarm at Beijing’s incarceration of m ...