Uighurs

China denies coercive birth control measures in Xinjiang
- Jan 11, 2021
A Chinese official on Monday denied Beijing has imposed coercive birth control measures among Muslim minority women, following an outcry over a tweet by the Chinese Embassy in Washington claiming that government polices had freed women of the Uighur ethnic group from being “baby-making machines.”

By Associated Press
Vatican, China courtship a classic case of one-step forward, one-step back
- Nov 26, 2020
One month after the Vatican and China extended a provisional agreement on the appointment of bishops, an episcopal ordination and an a papal criticism have illustrated the complicated back-and-forth relationship between the two in terms of attempts to strengthen ties

By Elise Ann Allen
China criticizes pope over comment on Uighur Muslim minority
- Nov 24, 2020
China criticized Pope Francis on Tuesday over a passage in his new book in which he mentions suffering by China’s Uighur Muslim minority group.

By Associated Press

US official says UN has ‘lack of curiosity’ on Xinjiang
- Oct 29, 2020
The United Nations is not doing enough to investigate reported abuses in China’s Xinjiang region against members of Muslim minority groups, the U.S. envoy for women’s issues said Thursday.

By Associated Press
Time honors Uighur American; House bans imports made by forced Uighur labor
- Sep 26, 2020
Nury Turkel, a Uighur American on the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, who is a human rights advocate for Uighur Muslims and others persecuted for their religious faith, made Time magazine’s 2020 list of the world’s 100 most influential people.

By Catholic News Service
More than 100 UK lawmakers condemn China over Uighurs abuse
- Sep 9, 2020
More than 100 British lawmakers signed a letter to the Chinese ambassador Wednesday condemning what they described as “a systematic and calculated programme of ethnic cleansing against the Uighur people” in China’s far western Xinjiang region.

By Associated Press