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How China’s ‘Re-education through labour’ policy put minorities in labour camps even before the Uyghur crisis: About the Masanjia camps

OpIndia Staff - 20 April, 2021

The letter went into detail about the conditions at China's Masanjia Labor Camp, including the gruelling hours, verbal abuse and physical abuse

Opinions

From censorship to propaganda and disinformation: Here’s how China seeks to reshape the narrative on the repression of Uyghurs in Xinjiang

Jinit Jain - 20 April, 2021

From outrightly denying the existence of Uyghur repression, China has evolved its strategy to hardened public stance, vigorously deflecting criticism and showing a tenacity to confront its critics in the West.

World

Surveillance, brainwashing and CCP propaganda: Australian Uyghur woman reveals as China puts her husband in jail

OpIndia Staff - 20 April, 2021

For now, 30-year-old Taher is sentenced to 25 years in jail in China while his 26-year-old wife waits for him in Australia.

News Reports

USA: How Carnegie Mellon University’s Graduate Student Assembly had to apologize to China, not India

T Waraich - 1 April, 2021

The original March 8 statement made a passing reference to the "protests in India", "escalations against Hong Kong’s democracy movement", and "internment camps and forced labor in Xinjiang."

News Reports

U.S. State Department report says China is committing ‘genocide’ against Uyghur Muslims, Uyghur advocacy group welcomes the report

OpIndia Staff - 31 March, 2021

U.S. State Department report says that China is committing "genocide and crimes against humanity” against its Uyghur Muslims

News Reports

USA: Biden administration formally declares China’s treatment of Uyghurs as genocide

OpIndia Staff - 31 March, 2021

First declared by Trump administration in January, Biden administration formalizes genocide declaration against China.

World

Nike, H&M, Uniqlo and other brands face fire in China after comments on forced labour camps in Xinjiang

OpIndia Staff - 28 March, 2021

Shares of H&M, Nike Inc. and others have said to have plummeted after Chinese government officials endorsed the boycott and celebrities cut ties with brands including Adidas, New Balance and Japan’s Uniqlo.

World

US imposes sanctions on two Chinese officials for human rights abuses against Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang

OpIndia Staff - 23 March, 2021

After the sanctions, the US assets of the sanctioned Chinese officials will be frozen and Americans will be prohibited from doing business with these officials.

World

Chinese atrocities against Uyghur women: Harrowing tales of gang rapes, sexual abuse and torture

Anurag - 15 March, 2021

Thousands of Uyghur Muslims have been moved from their native land to detention centres. They are being 'trained' and moved to other parts of mainland China as forced labour.

News Reports