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1 Sep 2022, 11:20 am by Peter Devine
And the new report from the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights declaring that China’s abuses against Uyghurs in Xinjiang “may constitute international crimes, in particular crimes against humanity” further illustrates China’s willingness to openly flout international norms. [read post]
The report, titled “OHCHR Assessment of human rights concerns in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region [XUAR], People’s Republic of China,” accuses China of actions that “may constitute international crimes, in particular, crimes against humanity” in its mass detention of Uyghurs in Xinjiang province. [read post]
1 Sep 2022, 8:18 am by Tom Smith
Several sources report evidence that the atrocity has spread to Xinjiang’s massive network of closed detention camps, which, significantly, were built after 2015, and which both Republican and Democratic administrations recognized as the site of ongoing genocide against China’s Uyghur Muslims. [read post]
1 Sep 2022, 4:28 am by Emma Snell
But it validated rights groups’ and activists’ claims that China has detained Uyghurs, Kazakhs and others, often for having overseas ties or for expressing religious faith. [read post]
30 Aug 2022, 7:40 am by Robert Kossick
As of June 2022, however, importers must, as a matter of front-end due diligence, screen merchandise for compliance with the terms of the Uyghur Forced Labor Protection Act (UFLPA). [read post]
29 Aug 2022, 5:59 am by Douglas London
China wants to prevent threats from the ETIM and those Uyghurs and Central Asian fighters joining ISIS-K who are based in Afghanistan while expanding its influence across the region. [read post]
25 Aug 2022, 4:27 am by Emma Snell
  A long-awaited U.N. report on Xinjiang may be further delayed, stalling what is seen as a chance to hold China to account for its treatment of Uyghur and other Muslim minority peoples. [read post]
23 Aug 2022, 9:05 pm by Kish Parella
”[6]  In the United States, the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act went into effect and creates a rebuttable presumption that “all goods manufactured even partially in [China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region] are the product of forced labor and therefore not entitled to entry at U.S. ports. [read post]
20 Aug 2022, 11:47 am
Maximilian Schwärecke, Tongji University & Humboldt-Universität (physically) Panel 6 Human Rights in China China’s Domestic Law Barriers to International Labor and Human Rights Standards: the CAI and the Uyghur Challenge. [read post]
14 Aug 2022, 11:21 am by Desiree LeClercq
A New York Times article exposed the brutal conditions in Xinjiang detention camps, resulting in global calls to protect vulnerable ethnic and religious minorities and the recent passage of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act. [read post]
14 Aug 2022, 11:21 am by Desiree LeClercq
A New York Times article exposed the brutal conditions in Xinjiang detention camps, resulting in global calls to protect vulnerable ethnic and religious minorities and the recent passage of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act. [read post]
5 Aug 2022, 1:44 pm
  The contest for the control of the discourse about Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan rages--in the liberal democratic West. [read post]
31 Jul 2022, 3:18 pm by Stuart Kaplow
The Subcontractor expressly represents and warrants to the Owner that with respect to the Solar Panels and any component part thereof, the supply chain will comply with the Federal Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, including providing express language overcoming the presumption under the (still being phased in) law that all “products produced in the Xinjiang region [where more than 80% of the world’s solar panels are sourced] are barred from importation into the United… [read post]
29 Jul 2022, 4:42 pm by Jacob Katz Cogan
International Humanitarian Aid Organizations, Information Sharing, and the Pursuit of International Justice Mastura Alim, Clemence Due, & Peter Strelan, Understanding and Restoring Justice: A Qualitative Study of Uyghurs in Australia Caitlin Mollica, Sara E. [read post]
25 Jul 2022, 3:58 am by Robert Kossick
Uyghur Forced Labor Protection Act (UFLPA) With the “consumptive demand” exception repealed from Section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930, CBP has been ramping up its enforcement of forced labor violations in the supply chain. [read post]
24 Jul 2022, 12:23 pm by Hyland Hunt
A Chinese company added to the list based on its alleged implication in human rights abuses against Uyghurs sued. [read post]
The State Department held China responsible for “state-sponsored forced labor programs targeting predominantly Muslim Uyghurs and members of other ethnic and religious minority groups, amid the ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity” in the production of silicon metal for global supply chains in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. [read post]
15 Jul 2022, 4:34 am by Emma Snell
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8 Jul 2022, 6:08 am by Philip Mousavizadeh
According to the announcement, these companies “enabled Beijing’s campaign of repression, mass detention, and high-technology surveillance against Uyghurs. [read post]