Money talks louder than Uyghur Muslims can scream ARTILLERY ROW By Georgia L. Gilholy, 2 September, 2023 This week an Organization of Islamic Cooperation delegation visited China. It offered slavish praise and deference to the state responsible for atrocities against millions of mostly Muslim Uyghurs, which a British tribunal designated as genocide. The OIC is the largest multilateral body claiming to repre ...
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The United Nations report detailed a string of violations against Uighurs and other Muslim minorities in Xinjiang. 1 EYL 2023 ÖÖ 10:39 SGT GENEVA – The United Nations insisted on Thursday that it was still pushing for accountability for abuses in China’s Uyghur region, after rights groups accused it of inaction. “The situation in Uyghur region remains of concern,” the UN rights office said, one year after ...
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China’s clout at the UN makes it hard to press Beijing, analysts say a year after the damning report was released. By Jewlan for RFA Uyghur, 2023.09.01 Women hold pictures of victims and posters protesting China's crackdown on Uyghurs, in front of the Chinese consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, Nov. 30, 2022. Human rights groups criticized the United Nations for failing to take concrete action against China for ...
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Patricia Zengerle, David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate approved legislation on Thursday calling on President Donald Trump’s administration to toughen its response to China’s crackdown on its Uighur Muslim minority, the latest push in Washington to punish China as Trump blames Beijing for worsening the coronavirus pandemic. The bipartisan bill, introduced by Republican Senator Marco Rubio ...
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By Haley Byrd, CNN (CNN) The Senate on Thursday afternoon approved a bill to sanction Chinese government officials responsible for forced labor camps in the region of Xinjiang, where up to 2 million ethnic Muslims have been forcibly detained, in the latest congressional move to strengthen the US stance toward China. The legislation, titled the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020, condemns the Chinese Com ...
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