Uighurs

More than 570,000 Uighurs forced to pick cotton in China's Xinjiang region: Report

China has strongly denied allegations of forced labour involving Uighurs in Xinjiang, and accused the US of wanting to "suppress Xinjiang companies"

The erasure of Mesut Özil

Until the January transfer window at the earliest, Mesut Özil finds himself in football exile: one of his own making, of Arsenal’s making, one that there does not seem to have a way out.

Nearly 40 nations criticise China's treatment of minority groups at human rights panel meet

The United States, many European countries, Japan and others called on China to allow “unfettered access” to Xinjiang for independent observers

Rights groups urge IOC to move 2022 Winter Olympics from China over human rights violations

Beijing is to host the 2022 Winter Olympics with rumblings of a boycott and calls to move the Games because of alleged human rights violations.

'We have a power we don't even know': Demba Ba urges football fraternity to 'stand up' over China's Uighurs

Demba Ba joins Arsenal's Mesut Ozil in breaking ranks over China's treatment of its Uighurs.

China vows to retaliate after Donald Trump strips Hong Kong of its preferential trade status

When the US imposed sanctions on four Chinese officials over China’s crackdown on Uighurs and other Muslims in Xinjiang, Beijing reciprocated by announcing travel bans and sanctions on prominent Republican members of Congress

Uighur activist groups move International Criminal Court against China on charges of genocide

The two Uighur groups that filed the complaint against China are the East Turkistan Government in Exile and the East Turkistan National Awakening Movement

Leaked data shows China's Uighurs detained for growing beards or visiting foreign websites; indicates govt using religion as grounds for detention

The database obtained by The Associated Press profiles the internment of 311 individuals with relatives abroad and lists information on more than 2,000 of their relatives, neighbours and friend in China. The database emphasises that the Chinese government focused on religion as a reason for detention, not just political extremism.

Inside China’s push to turn Xinjiang's Muslim minorities into an army of workers

Xinjiang’s drive to put minorities in jobs often feels less like a job fair and more like a military call-up.

Laboratories in China are mining DNA samples to map faces with help from the West

Uighurs and human rights groups have said authorities collected DNA samples, images of irises and other personal data during mandatory health checks.