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MPs likely to be whipped against move to add protections, as government says it is already taking action on risk of forced labourMinisters have been accused of turning a “blind eye to slavery” by ordering Labour MPs to remove legal protections to stop …
Canada and the US said they would take 48 people held in Thai detention, according to officials, but Bangkok said to have feared upsetting ChinaCanada and the US offered to resettle 48 ethnic Uyghurs held in detention in Thailand over the past decade, …
Amid claims that deportees may face torture, family of one man say he was forcibly repatriated and will never see his children againThe family of one of dozens of Uyghurs feared to have been forcibly deported from Thailand to China have condemned the d…
Rights experts say group who have been detained for more than 10 years face high risk of torture and imprisonmentDozens of Uyghurs have been deported from Thailand to China in the face of warnings from human rights experts that they will face a high ri…
Beijing says labour transfers are poverty alleviation tool, but research raises concerns schemes are not voluntaryCarbon credits at risk of link to Uyghur forced labour bought by BP and SpotifyXinjiang, a region of north-west China that is about three …
Ikram Nurmehmet, a director known for his Uyghur protagonists, is facing charges related to ‘separatism’ and ‘terrorism’A Uyghur film-maker has alleged he was tortured and forced to give a false confession during detention in Xinjiang province.Ikram Nu…
Parliamentarians from 15 countries urge reduction in vote to signal disapproval of country’s crackdown on Uyghur populationAn effort is under way to drive down the Chinese vote at the UN human rights council this week in an attempt to show continuing w…
Human rights group says Rahile Dawut lost appeal after being convicted in 2018 on charges of promoting ‘splittism’A leading Uyghur professor who disappeared six years ago is reported to have sentenced to life in prison by Chinese authorities for “endan…
Energy bill amendment requires large solar energy projects to prove supply chain free of slave labourThe UK risks becoming a dumping ground for the products of forced labour from Xinjiang province in China if it rejects reforms by members of the foreig…
Exclusive: Report says optics of western firms organising Xinjiang tours amid ‘crimes against humanity are disastrous’Uyghur advocates have called on western tourism companies to stop selling package holidays that take visitors through Xinjiang, where …