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UK Introduces Measures to Prevent Complicity in Uyghur Abuse

January 12, 2021
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Britain on Tuesday introduced measures to prevent British organisations from being complicit in the Chinese regime’s human rights violations against Uyghurs. “The evidence of the scale and severity of the human rights violations being perpetrated in Xinjiang against the Uyghur Muslims is now far reaching,” UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said in a statement. “Today…

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Britain to Tighten Laws on Imports Linked to Alleged Chinese Human Rights Abuses: Telegraph

January 12, 2021
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Britain will tighten the law on importing goods linked to alleged human rights abuses in China as ministers take a tougher stance on Beijing, The Telegraph reported on Monday. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab will make a statement on Tuesday in the House of Commons on the government’s response to allegations of forced labour in China’s…

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Vice Chair of China’s Xinjiang Government Arrested on Corruption Charges

January 11, 2021
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The Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s top prosecutor’s office announced on Dec. 16 that Ren Hua, former vice chairwoman of the Xinjiang government, was arrested and would be prosecuted on bribery charges. Ren has held many important positions in Xinjiang and worked with three other former high-ranking officials who have been arrested for corruption. On Nov….

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