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How much of your stuff is linked to forced Uighur labour?

Comment: Big brands must be held responsible for forced Uighur labour, no matter how far down their supply chain, writes Tasnim Nazeer. A new report conducted by the Australian Str ...

American companies must stop sourcing from Chinese forced labor camps

The posters on the wall alongside the Qingdao Taekwang Shoes Co. factory — the side where the Uighur workers enter and exit, and live in dorms — feature Communist Party propaganda ...

Google Translate supports new languages for the first time in four years, including Uyghur

By Nick Statt@nickstatt Feb 26, 2020, 12:30pm EST Google Translate is adding support for five new languages today, bringing its total to 108 languages. The move marks the f ...

China Uighurs: Detained for beards, veils and internet browsing

A document that appears to give the most powerful insight yet into how China determined the fate of hundreds of thousands of Muslims held in a network of internment camps has been ...

Don’t forget the Uighur amid the coronavirus crisis

The world has been indifferent to the plight of the Uighurs, leading some to claim that coronavirus may be a punishment. by Omar Suleiman 14 Feb 2020 Men seen praying at the mosque ...

Senator Rubio Bringing Uighur Activist as State of the Union Guest

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) talks to reporters following a classified national security briefing of the U.S. Senate on developments with Iran after attacks by Iran ...

Why I stand up against the Red Evil – China?

Abstract “The issue is more than religion, the issue is more than cultural identity, the issue is more than racism, it is a humanitarian crisis against humanity; it is a comprehens ...

American companies must stop sourcing from Chinese forced labor camps

Posted by: Uygur Alp Posted date: March 10, 2020 In: General, Uyghur News

The posters on the wall alongside the Qingdao Taekwang Shoes Co. factory — the side where the Uighur workers enter and exit, and live in dorms — feature Communist Party propaganda extolling “China dream” and “Uphold national spirit to unite and make all of China strong.” Another says: “All ethnicities are united as one family.” (Anna Fifield/The Washington Post) By Letters to the Editor March 10, 2020 at 1 ...

Google Translate supports new languages for the first time in four years, including Uyghur

Posted by: Uygur Alp Posted date: March 01, 2020 In: Uyghur Literature, Language & Education, Uyghur News

By Nick Statt@nickstatt Feb 26, 2020, 12:30pm EST Google Translate is adding support for five new languages today, bringing its total to 108 languages. The move marks the first addition of new languages to Google’s artificial intelligence-powered translation product in four years, the company says. Among the new languages added are Kinyarwanda, Odia, Tatar, Turkmen, and Uyghur, and Google says the c ...

Atush Roads Fenced Off, Residents Confined to Homes, as Xinjiang Stares Down Virus Advance

Posted by: Bahar Uygur Posted date: February 05, 2020 In: Uyghur News

Residents line up inside the Artux City Vocational Skills Education Training Service Center at the Kunshan Industrial Park in Artux in western China's Xinjiang. AP/Ng Han Guan 2020-02-04 Authorities in Atush (in Chinese, Atushi), in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), have fenced off the city's roads, leaving residents confined to their homes and running out of supplies, as they work ...

An Ancient Uighur Town, Yarkand: Battered but Resilient After China’s Crackdown

Posted by: Bahar Uygur Posted date: January 21, 2020 In: Uyghur News

Uighur men watching a movie at a teahouse in the old city of Yarkand, in the Xinjiang region of China. By Chris Buckley and Steven Lee Myers, Photographs by Gilles Sabrié Jan. 18, 2020 YARKAND, China — The winding, crowded lanes of old Yarkand, an ancient Silk Road town, preserve patterns of life that go back centuries. On a recent morning, smoke wafted from sputtering grills of lamb and ovens lined with b ...

Targeted by Chinese Smear Campaign, Uyghur Leader Learns of Father’s Death

Posted by: Bahar Uygur Posted date: January 16, 2020 In: Uyghur News

Dolkun Isa, president of the World Uyghur Congress, attends a demonstration against China in front of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva in November 2019. Dolkun Isa, the president of the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) exile group, is used to being on the receiving end of hostile Chinese propaganda campaigns, but the latest state media slander story carried sad news: His father had passed away. The news cam ...