Britain is to slash its aid spending to China by 95 per cent and spend what is left on pro-democracy activities, Dominic Raab revealed today. The Foreign Secretary said that the official development assistance (ODA) fund was being reduced from £18million to just £900,000. The remaining cash will be used to ‘fund programmes on open … Read more
China issues sanctions against British MPs and lawyers including Iain Duncan Smith in retaliation for what Beijing brands their ‘lies’ about Uigher abuses Former Tory Party leader Iain Duncan Smith has been banned from China Beijing responded to criticism by the MP over human rights abuses in China Chinese companies have been banned from working … Read more
China issues sanctions against British MPs and lawyers including Iain Duncan Smith in retaliation for what Beijing brands their ‘lies’ about Uigher abuses Former Tory Party leader Iain Duncan Smith has been banned from China Beijing responded to criticism by the MP over human rights abuses in China Chinese companies have been banned from working … Read more
Britain joined the US, EU and Canada in slapping sanctions on senior Chinese officials today over Beijing’s ‘highly disturbing programme of repression’ against Uighur Muslims. Dominic Raab said the UK would join a travel ban and asset freeze affecting four senior figures accused of gross human rights abuses in Xinjiang Province. The Foreign Secretary lashed out … Read more
China has violated every rule in the UN’s genocide convention as it tries to ‘destroy’ Uighur Muslims, a think tank has claimed. Beijing’s use of ‘re-education’ camps, mass imprisonment, forced sterilization, rape, and transfer of Uighur children to state institutions violate all five definitions of genocide laid out by the UN, the Newlines Institute for Strategy … Read more
Dominic Raab today accused China of ‘industrial scale’ human rights abuses against its Uighur Muslim minority as he hardens the UK’s rhetoric against Beijing. The Foreign Secretary used a speech to the UN to demand its investigators are allowed in to Xinjiang province, where the Communist regime has been accused of committing genocide. His speech to the UN … Read more
Dominic Raab today accused China of ‘industrial scale’ human rights abuses against its Uighur Muslim minority as he hardens the UK’s rhetoric against Beijing. The Foreign Secretary used a speech to the UN to demand its investigators are allowed in to Xinjiang province, where the Communist regime has been accused of committing genocide. His speech to the UN … Read more
‘The evidence is overwhelming’: Chief Rabbi tears into China over persecution of Uighur Muslims Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis said he saw parallels between the treatment of the Uighurs and the oppression of Jews through the centuries He said the evidence painted ‘a devastating picture’ of Uighur persecution More than one million of the Chinese Muslims … Read more
A director at Boohoo has said the clothing brand was ‘shocked,’ by reports of Uighur Muslims being forced to work in Chinese labour camps but claimed none of the firm’s suppliers have links to the Xinjiang region as he faced a grilling from MPs. Andrew Reaney, group director of responsible sourcing, faced a committee of … Read more
Faith leaders from across the world unite to condemn China’s brutal repression of its Uighur Muslim minority Former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams is part of a worldwide group Rabbi Julia Neuberger also lent her weight to a joint statement last night The statement says China is clearly aiming to eradicate the Uihur identity By … Read more