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Disappeared Uyghur author’s novel translated into English for the first time

Books

Darren Byler, a Uyghur scholar, joined The World’s host Carol Hills from Vancouver to discuss the book, “The Backstreets: A Novel from Xinjiang.”

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, center, visits the community of Guyuanxiang in the Tianshan District in Urumqi in northwestern China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Wednesday, July 13, 2022. 

US companies reexamine supply chains under new law against Uyghur forced labor

Human rights
A man holds a child as they watch a dance performance at the International Grand Bazaar in Urumqi in western China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region

Leaked Xinjiang police files are a ‘devastating’ glimpse of abuses against Uyghur detainees in China, expert says

Human rights
A protester holds a placard as she takes part in a small demonstration against the holding of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in China, at Piccadilly Circus in London, Feb. 3, 2022. 

Uyghurs in Saudi Arabia risk deportation to China

Human rights
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First Nation in Canada finds hundreds of unmarked graves at former residential school

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New Zealand condemns China’s treatment of Uyghurs but won’t call it ‘genocide’

Human rights

New Zealand has joined other countries in calling out China for its mistreatment of Uyghurs, but falls short of calling it “genocide.” Critics say the condemnation has been “watered down” to protect China as an essential trade partner.

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Merkel reverses plan for strict Easter lockdown in Germany

Top of The World

In today’s Top of the World: Merkel reverses plan for strict Easter lockdown in Germany; China lashes out at major brands for speaking out against Uyghur human rights abuses; Vice President Kamala Harris tapped to tackle mass migration at the US-Mexico border.

A protester is shown holding a large sign the has the words, "Stop China's Genocide" on it.

Canada’s parliament votes to call China’s treatment of Uighurs genocide

Top of The World

Top of The World: Canada’s House of Commons voted Monday to declare China’s treatment of Uighurs in the country’s western Xinjiang region genocide. And, Emma Coronel Aispuro, wife of notorious Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, was arrested on Monday. Also, Facebook will lift a ban imposed a week ago on viewing and sharing news stories on the platform in Australia.

Uighur security personnel patrol near the Id Kah Mosque in Kashgar in western China's Xinjiang region, Nov. 4, 2017. A Chinese Communist Party official signaled Monday, Dec. 21, 2020, that there would likely be no let-up in its crackdown in the Xinjiang r

Undeterred by ICC decision, Uighurs hail EU, UK steps toward holding China accountable

Justice

For several years, Beijing repeatedly denied allegations of genocide. But some recent developments suggest 2021 may see a breakthrough in the Uighurs’ long struggle for justice, with help from a new group of international lawmakers. 

A Uighur poem of ‘unimaginable suffering’ travels from Chinese internment camp to New Jersey

Human rights

“No Road Back Home,” by Abduqadir Jalalidin, a detained Uighur poet, bears witness to the suffering of Uighurs detained in Chinese so-called “reeducation” camps.

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