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Yaqiu Wang – a voice for justice
When asked about the motivation behind her human rights activism in China, Yaqiu Wang, Senior China Researcher at Human Rights Watch, frowns slightly: “My birth was already a human rights issue.” As the third-born at the time of the one-child policy, she quickly learned what it meant to live under state control and repression. She […] continue reading →
Peng’s retraction sparks new questions
For the first time, Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai gave an interview about her claims of sexual assault against a high-ranking party official. She called it a misunderstanding, which raises new questions. continue reading →
Beijing warns UN states against Conference on Xinjiang
China has apparently called on United Nations member states not to participate in an event planned by Germany, the US and Britain on the situation of Uighurs in Xinjiang. China’s UN embassy accuses the organizers of “using human rights issues as a political tool to interfere in China’s internal affairs like Xinjiang,” Reuters reported. “They […] continue reading →
Bundestag asks: Is what’s happening in Xinjiang genocide?
The Human Rights Committee of the German Bundestag will again address the issue of Xinjiang on May 17 (starting at 5 p.m.). The committee wants to discuss whether reports and documents on arbitrary mass detentions, torture, and birth control from the Muslim-majority autonomous region in northwest China justify the label genocide. Experts will be consulted […] continue reading →
HRW: crimes against humanity in Xinjiang
In a new report, the US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) accuses China of serious human rights violations against Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in Xinjiang and outlines how they meet the criteria for crimes against humanity. The Chinese leadership is responsible for systematic policies of mass detention, torture, and cultural persecution, among other things, says […] continue reading →