Uighur Muslims

Olympic flame arrives in China ahead of 2022 Beijing Winter Games

Around 2,900 athletes, representing approximately 85 National Olympic Committees, will compete in the Winter Games from 4-20 February, 2022.

Left spin | 5 myths about Communism and socialism that Millennials and Gen Z are being fed

Bernie Sanders, Jeremy Corbyn and their ideological masters China have successfully planted five myths about socialism and Communism in the minds of the impressionable

Pakistan accepts ‘Chinese version’ of treatment of Uighur Muslims in China, says Imran Khan

Speaking to journalists as Beijing marked the centenary of the ruling Communist Party, Khan said the Chinese version of the Uighur issue was completely different from what was being reported in Western media

Why Imran Khan continues to refrain from criticising China on Uighur situation in Xinjiang province

In his Axios interview, Imran Khan said, "Our discussions with the Chinese will always be behind closed doors."

EU approves sanctions on China, Myanmar, Russia over human rights abuses

The highly symbolic move – reported by EU diplomats and expected to be formally unveiled in the EU's official journal later Monday – is the first time Brussels has hit Beijing over human rights abuses since it imposed an arms embargo in 1989 after Tiananmen Square

US Olympic Committee opposes 'ineffective' 2022 Winter Olympics boycott: USOPC president Susanne Lyons

China is facing global scrutiny over a range of issues, notably the mass internment of Uighur Muslims in the western region of Xinjiang, which the US has said amounts to genocide.

Former secretary of state Mike Pompeo calls for US to boycott Beijing Winter Olympics

Pompeo, a vociferous critic of Beijing while he was Donald Trump's top diplomat, said the previous administration had tried in its final months to persuade the International Olympic Committee to move the Winter Games.

Beijing Winter Olympics 2022: Ski star Mikaela Shiffrin says ‘tough’ choosing between job and morals

The build-up to next February's Winter Olympics has been overshadowed by concerns over the fate of China's Uighur minority in the Xinjiang region

Beijing Winter Olympics 2022: Human rights, COVID-19 at issue a year from Games

A coalition of 180 rights groups sent an open letter on the eve of the one-year-to-go date calling for a diplomatic boycott.

Twitter locks account of Chinese embassy in US over tweet dehumanising Uighur women

The incendiary tweet, which has since been hidden after outrage ripped across the internet, included a link to an article by state media outlet China Daily that claimed the "eradication of extremism has given Xinjiang women more autonomy" over whether to have children