Uyghurs

U.S. Homeland Security Blacklists 43 Chinese Firms for Slavery

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has added 43 more companies to the “entity list” under the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA), directing customs agents to presume that all goods from the listed companies are tainted by slave labor from Uyghurs and other oppressed minorities in China.

URUMQI, CHINA - MAY 28: A general view of Minle Handmade Wool Carpet Factory on May 28, 20

London Rally Demonstrates Against China’s ‘Mega-Embassy’

Thousands gathered in London on Saturday for a rally against China’s planned “mega-embassy” project. The demonstrators called out China’s human rights abuses against oppressed groups like the Uyghurs and Tibetans, and said the mega-embassy could become a headquarters for surveillance against dissidents abroad.

LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 15: Demonstrators protest near Tower Bridge over plans to build a

China Jails over 1,500 in Six-Year Crackdown on Dissent

Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD), a non-governmental human rights organization, released a report on Wednesday that found over 1,500 people have been arbitrarily detained by the Chinese Communist government over the past six years in a wide-ranging crackdown on dissent.

Activists tear a caricature of Chinese President Xi Jinping during a protest near the Chin