Tag: Xinjiang

The Uyghur Question: Unheard Voices from China
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The Uyghur Question: Unheard Voices from China

With a long history of repression, the recent crackdown and atrocities against Uyghurs in Xinjiang represent one of the darkest chapters of Human Rights abuses in the 21st century. The future and security of 12 million Uyghurs remain a big question mark under the current Chinese Regime. Keeping silent and being mute spectators to the Uyghur problem is equivalent to committing a crime against humanity.  It is a year since the UN Human Rights body published a report that accepted potential serious human rights violations against the Uyghur population in the Xinjiang region by China. Some scholars blame China for committing Genocide against Uyghurs. Still, the Uyghur question remains unanswered. The story started in 2018 when international researchers and a US government official r...
Silencing the Suffering: China’s Economic Might and the Complicity of Muslim Nations in the Uyghur Crisis
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Silencing the Suffering: China’s Economic Might and the Complicity of Muslim Nations in the Uyghur Crisis

The CCP has indulged in the persecution of Uyghur Muslims, enforced disappearance, torture, murder, and institutionalized and directed sexual abuse against its ethnic minorities.However, China’s tremendous economic power has caused the Global Muslim community to ignore the plight of Uyghur Muslims.Beijing has used its economic, geopolitical, and diplomatic influence to force major Muslim countries to sign extradition treaties and deport Uyghurs living in those countries. China’s President Xi Jinping wields enormous power over the global Muslim community. Through economic interest, trade, and investment relations, China’s Communist Party leader has influenced the Islamic world. China prioritizes energy security and low hydrocarbon prices as the world’s top oil importer, resulting i...
China’s work scheme planned to reduce Uighur population density in Xinjiang says study
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China’s work scheme planned to reduce Uighur population density in Xinjiang says study

A study by Nankai University of China shows that the government labour programmes in Xinjiang are mostly designed to reduce the population density of the Uighur ethnic minority group.The report provides new evidence from Chinese sources that show Xinjiang’s labor transfers to other regions or provinces in China meet the forced labor definition of the ILO.The report indicates that labor transfers are not just serving economic purposes, but are implemented with the intention to forcibly displace the ethnic minority populations from their heartlandsSuch labor transfers of the Uighurs are designed to intentionally reduce their population density, and tearing apart homogeneous communities.The Chinese government denies accusations of forced labour and labour transfers in Xinjiang, saying w...
China committing crimes against humanity and possibly genocide in Xinjiang, Hong Kong and Tibet says US Congressional Executive Commission on China
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China committing crimes against humanity and possibly genocide in Xinjiang, Hong Kong and Tibet says US Congressional Executive Commission on China

The US Congressional-Executive Commission on China (Commission) found that the Chinese government and Communist Party have taken unprecedented steps to extend their repressive policies in Xinjiang, Hong Kong and TibetThe report says that disturbing new evidence has emerged of a systematic and widespread policy of forced sterilization and birth suppression of the Uyghur and other minority populations.In Hong Kong, the “one country, two systems” framework has been dismantled, severely undermining the rule of law and respect for human rights that the territory has long enjoyed, says CECC.In Tibet, the report observes that religious freedom continued to be severely curtailed as new measures have been implemented to manage and shape Tibetan Buddhism as part of the policy of “sinicizing rel...
How Apps and technology from companies like Huawei, Zapya contribute to China’s surveillance and repression of Uighurs in Xinjiang
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How Apps and technology from companies like Huawei, Zapya contribute to China’s surveillance and repression of Uighurs in Xinjiang

Summary: China uses a policing program called the Integrated Joint Operations Platform (IJOP) that aggregates data about people in the Xinjiang region from a variety of sources and flags those it deems to be a potential threat. The Human Rights Watch (HRW) researchers who accessed the list found that the program flagged people as suspicious for practicing Islam, using peer-to-peer file sharing applications such as Zapya, facial recognition systems by tech giant Huawei and artificial intelligence from Megvii which can monitor and track the minority Uighurs. The Chinese government is using IJOP to compile a massive database of personal information from a range of sources, apart from these apps. They include national identification documents, Xinjiang’s countless checkpoints, closed-c...