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UK Parliament recognizes Chinese persecution of Uyghurs as genocide

April 23, 2021

The non-binding motion further calls on the UK government “to fulfil its obligations under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide and all relevant instruments of international law to bring it to an end.”

China imposes sanctions on leading British Catholic human rights campaigner

March 26, 2021

The Chinese authorities announced the measures March 26 against David Alton and eight other U.K. citizens, as well as four institutions critical of the country’s human rights record.

Report: Uyghur women subject to systemic rape in China’s detention camps

February 04, 2021

Uyghur women interned in China’s “re-education” camps are subjected to systemic rape by Chinese soldiers, a former camp detainee told the BBC.

Chinese authorities force contraception on Uyghurs in ‘slow genocide’

June 29, 2020

The Chinese government is forcing Uyghur women to take contraceptives in an effort to slow the growing population. One expert called the campaign "a slow, painful, creeping genocide"