US sanctions Chinese companies over Muslim abuse complaints
Beijing, ChinaAP China said on Tuesday it would take unspecified “necessary measures” after the US Government imposed trade sanctions on 11 companies it says are implicated in human rights abuses in China’s Muslim northwestern region of Xinjiang. The sanctions add to US pressure on Beijing over Xinjiang, where the ruling Communist Party is accused of […]
CSW among organisations calling for UN Human Rights Council to establish fact-finding mission into Xinjiang detentions
Religious freedom advocacy CSW has joined more than 15 other organisations in calling for the UN Human Rights Council to adopt a resolution to establish a fact-finding mission to investigate claims of arbitrary mass detentions in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in north-east China. The statement, which was also signed by Amnesty International and Human Rights […]