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Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 2, 2023
Canada commits to taking in 10,000 Uyghur refugees from 2024
Rights groups believe at least 1 million Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim minorities have been incarcerated in internment camps in China's northwestern Xinjiang region.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 1, 2022
In Japan, people gather in solidarity with China's anti-lockdown protests
With criticism tightly controlled in China, the protestors there are “very, very brave,” a demonstrator said, adding that that's why 'I can't do nothing, I must do something.”
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 28, 2022
China tightens security after rare protests against COVID curbs
There was no sign of new protests on Monday in Beijing or Shanghai, but dozens of police were in the areas where the weekend demonstrations took place.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 27, 2022
Protests spread across China as anger mounts over 'COVID-zero' policy
A fire in Xinjiang, and a denial that COVID-19 measures had hampered escape and rescue, has fueled a wave of civil disobedience unseen since Xi Jinping assumed power a decade ago.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 26, 2022
Deadly Xinjiang fire stirs anger at China's 'COVID-zero' policy
A deadly fire in China's Xinjiang region has spurred an outpouring of anger at the country's hard-line approach to containing the coronavirus.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 18, 2022
In China’s Xinjiang, 'COVID zero' lockdown hits 100 days
Residents in the country's dry and mountainous far west have just marked 100 days of living under some of the toughest, and most strictly enforced pandemic measures in the world.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 7, 2022
In blow to West, U.N. body rejects debate on China's treatment of Uyghur Muslims
The defeat is only the second time in the council's 16-year history that a motion that has been rejected is seen by observers as a setback.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 30, 2022
Uyghur leader urges Japan to join call for U.N. debate on alleged abuses in China
Japan's motions and statements on the issue are an 'empty promise, not enough to stop the ongoing genocide,' Dolkun Isa told reporters.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 13, 2022
50 million people stuck in 'modern slavery,' U.N. says
The number of people caught up in forced labor or forced marriage ballooned by 10 million between 2016 and 2021, according to a new report.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 11, 2022
Food and medical shortages in locked-down region spur China apology
Reports of shortages and tough conditions in part of China's northern Xinjiang region bordering Kazakhstan have been swirling on Chinese social media for days.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Sep 9, 2022
Xinjiang abuses needed to be called out and condemned
While the latest U.N. report did not use the word “genocide,” it is hard to consider China's systematic attempts to eradicate the Uyghur culture in Xinjiang anything but.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Sep 3, 2022
'Genocide' in Xinjiang? Why the U.N. report steers clear.
As the fallout from the report continues to reverberate, some countries are considering how they can take the findings further.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 2, 2022
Uyghurs in Turkey disappointed by U.N. report on China's Xinjiang
Uyghurs interviewed by in Istanbul said the U.N. report came late and should have gone further in challenging China over its treatment of their community in Xinjiang.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 1, 2022
U.N. says China may have committed crimes against humanity in Xinjiang
The report was hailed by human rights groups for adding credibility to long-running concerns over violations that some Western nations have labeled genocide.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 1, 2022
U.N. report accuses China of ‘serious’ rights abuses in Xinjiang
In its response, included with the report's publication, the Chinese government has said that the assessment 'wantonly smears and slanders China.”
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 15, 2022
Xi crackdown foils Shanghai-like COVID unrest in Xinjiang and Tibet
Broad surveillance measures used over the years against Tibetan Buddhists and mainly Muslim Uyghurs, both minority groups in China, are helping enforce lockdown rules.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 29, 2022
Japan's textile industry urges firms to pay close attention to human rights in supply chains
The industry group's guidelines include a checklist for company executives to ensure their supply chains are free of various types of rights abuses, such as forced labor and harassment.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 20, 2022
China lobbying for U.N. rights chief to suppress Xinjiang report, letter shows
The letter was circulated among diplomatic missions in Geneva from late June, with a request for countries to sign it to show their support.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 18, 2022
Chinese lithium giant pulls EVs deeper into forced labor glare
Ganfeng Lithium, China's top producer of the material, is partnering with a state-backed entity to accelerate exploration for lithium, nickel and other critical metal assets in Xinjiang.

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