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How China uses malware to track Muslim Uighurs, even if they’ve fled the country
//2 million Muslim Uighurs have been reportedly been incarcerated in re-education camps and members of the Uighur diaspora living outside of China say the government’s mass surveillance apparatus makes it impossible to contact family members without being monitored.
//China has been using software to track Uighurs and their diaspora since 2013. The malware followed Uighurs even as they fled China.
//The software is installed on mobile devices and is taking information without the owner’s knowledge. The malware focuses specifically also on apps that are keyboards or fonts for Uighur, indicating that the targeting is happening in a very particular way.
//those who are targeted to be aware of how at-risk they might be and take necessary precautions.
Full Article: The World
https://bit.ly/2Z0gttC
#Xinjiang #Uighurs #Apps #Surveillance #Malware #China #HumanRights
How China uses malware to track Muslim Uighurs, even if they’ve fled the country
//2 million Muslim Uighurs have been reportedly been incarcerated in re-education camps and members of the Uighur diaspora living outside of China say the government’s mass surveillance apparatus makes it impossible to contact family members without being monitored.
//China has been using software to track Uighurs and their diaspora since 2013. The malware followed Uighurs even as they fled China.
//The software is installed on mobile devices and is taking information without the owner’s knowledge. The malware focuses specifically also on apps that are keyboards or fonts for Uighur, indicating that the targeting is happening in a very particular way.
//those who are targeted to be aware of how at-risk they might be and take necessary precautions.
Full Article: The World
https://bit.ly/2Z0gttC
#Xinjiang #Uighurs #Apps #Surveillance #Malware #China #HumanRights
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How China uses malware to track Muslim Uighurs, even if they’ve fled
A new report found that Chinese surveillance of Uighurs started much earlier and is more comprehensive than previously thought. The World speaks to security researcher Apurva Kumar, one of the
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#Newspaper
How China uses malware to track Muslim Uighurs, even if they’ve fled the country
//2 million Muslim Uighurs have been reportedly been incarcerated in re-education camps and members of the Uighur diaspora living outside of China say the government’s mass surveillance apparatus makes it impossible to contact family members without being monitored.
//China has been using software to track Uighurs and their diaspora since 2013. The malware followed Uighurs even as they fled China.
//The software is installed on mobile devices and is taking information without the owner’s knowledge. The malware focuses specifically also on apps that are keyboards or fonts for Uighur, indicating that the targeting is happening in a very particular way.
//those who are targeted to be aware of how at-risk they might be and take necessary precautions.
Full Article: The World
https://bit.ly/2Z0gttC
#Xinjiang #Uighurs #Apps #Surveillance #Malware #China #HumanRights
How China uses malware to track Muslim Uighurs, even if they’ve fled the country
//2 million Muslim Uighurs have been reportedly been incarcerated in re-education camps and members of the Uighur diaspora living outside of China say the government’s mass surveillance apparatus makes it impossible to contact family members without being monitored.
//China has been using software to track Uighurs and their diaspora since 2013. The malware followed Uighurs even as they fled China.
//The software is installed on mobile devices and is taking information without the owner’s knowledge. The malware focuses specifically also on apps that are keyboards or fonts for Uighur, indicating that the targeting is happening in a very particular way.
//those who are targeted to be aware of how at-risk they might be and take necessary precautions.
Full Article: The World
https://bit.ly/2Z0gttC
#Xinjiang #Uighurs #Apps #Surveillance #Malware #China #HumanRights
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How China uses malware to track Muslim Uighurs, even if they’ve fled
A new report found that Chinese surveillance of Uighurs started much earlier and is more comprehensive than previously thought. The World speaks to security researcher Apurva Kumar, one of the
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🆕️ 📌️ 1. [1h35m, 166, 192] Senator Hawley Press Office, Before @Microsoft acquires @tiktok_us, Sen. Hawley wants to know how they will ensure the app is not covertly sendi…
🆕️ 📌️ 2. [9h47m, 430, 535] James Paterson, 澳洲議會議員 Credit to Professor Jacobs for this unequivocal response to a very unfortunate event. All universities should make it equally clear to their academics they are free to express their views on all matters, but especially the Chinese Communist Party given their sensitivity
🆕️ 📌️ 3. [8h59m, 658, 793] Tom Tugendhat, Beijing’s interference in universities across the world should bring us together. We can defend academic freedom an…
🆕️ 📌️ 4. [20h4m, 804, 803] Ian Blackford, 英國國會議員 @AmbLiuXiaoMing the report on @BBCNews tonight of human rights abuses of the #Uighurs is not acceptable. This must stop. I have written to you seeking a meeting a week ago and I am now seeking an early conversation. China must show leadership and respect its diversity.
🆕️ 📌️ 5. [22h12m, 924, 1021] Senator Hawley Press Office, Current law makes it far too easy for hostile governments like China to access Americans' sensitive data through po…
🆕️ 6. [1h29m, 2, 3] Todd Young, Human Rights violations by the the Chinese Communist Party against the Uighur’s must end.
🆕️ 7. [1h33m, 165, 180] The Guardian, China continues to exert damaging influence on Hollywood, report finds
🆕️ 8. [2h57m, 246, 286] Senator Hawley Press Office, Sen. Hawley doesn't think it's clear that @Microsoft buying @tiktok_us is a good deal for protecting Americans' dat…
🆕️ 9. [3h28m, 282, 317] U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D., The stories coming out of #Xinjiang keep getting more horrific. The Chinese Communist Party is taking part in an et…
🆕️ 10. [9h28m, 355, 365] Debbie Abrahams MP, China Uighurs: A model's video gives a rare glimpse inside internment The treatment of the #Uighur people in China…
🆕️ 11. [15h13m, 383, 424] Jim Banks, .@nytimes has done detailed reporting on the ongoing #CCP atrocities in Xinjiang & around the world. Glad it’s fina…
🆕️ 12. [7h53m, 426, 454] The Guardian, University of NSW vice-chancellor apologises for removal of tweet criticising China's human rights abuses
🆕️ 13. [6h45m, 513, 539] The Guardian, Secret footage shows Uighur man’s detention inside Chinese prison
🆕️ 14. [13h45m, 730, 734] The Sydney Morning Herald, Labor staffer accused by AFP of working with Chinese spy agency | @LisaVisentin
🆕️ 15. [21h22m, 798, 811] PEN America, Federal Education Minister Dan Tehan has urged the University of New South Wales to protect freedom of speech after…
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🆕️ 📌️ 1. [1h35m, 166, 192] Senator Hawley Press Office, Before @Microsoft acquires @tiktok_us, Sen. Hawley wants to know how they will ensure the app is not covertly sendi…
🆕️ 📌️ 2. [9h47m, 430, 535] James Paterson, 澳洲議會議員 Credit to Professor Jacobs for this unequivocal response to a very unfortunate event. All universities should make it equally clear to their academics they are free to express their views on all matters, but especially the Chinese Communist Party given their sensitivity
🆕️ 📌️ 3. [8h59m, 658, 793] Tom Tugendhat, Beijing’s interference in universities across the world should bring us together. We can defend academic freedom an…
🆕️ 📌️ 4. [20h4m, 804, 803] Ian Blackford, 英國國會議員 @AmbLiuXiaoMing the report on @BBCNews tonight of human rights abuses of the #Uighurs is not acceptable. This must stop. I have written to you seeking a meeting a week ago and I am now seeking an early conversation. China must show leadership and respect its diversity.
🆕️ 📌️ 5. [22h12m, 924, 1021] Senator Hawley Press Office, Current law makes it far too easy for hostile governments like China to access Americans' sensitive data through po…
🆕️ 6. [1h29m, 2, 3] Todd Young, Human Rights violations by the the Chinese Communist Party against the Uighur’s must end.
🆕️ 7. [1h33m, 165, 180] The Guardian, China continues to exert damaging influence on Hollywood, report finds
🆕️ 8. [2h57m, 246, 286] Senator Hawley Press Office, Sen. Hawley doesn't think it's clear that @Microsoft buying @tiktok_us is a good deal for protecting Americans' dat…
🆕️ 9. [3h28m, 282, 317] U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D., The stories coming out of #Xinjiang keep getting more horrific. The Chinese Communist Party is taking part in an et…
🆕️ 10. [9h28m, 355, 365] Debbie Abrahams MP, China Uighurs: A model's video gives a rare glimpse inside internment The treatment of the #Uighur people in China…
🆕️ 11. [15h13m, 383, 424] Jim Banks, .@nytimes has done detailed reporting on the ongoing #CCP atrocities in Xinjiang & around the world. Glad it’s fina…
🆕️ 12. [7h53m, 426, 454] The Guardian, University of NSW vice-chancellor apologises for removal of tweet criticising China's human rights abuses
🆕️ 13. [6h45m, 513, 539] The Guardian, Secret footage shows Uighur man’s detention inside Chinese prison
🆕️ 14. [13h45m, 730, 734] The Sydney Morning Herald, Labor staffer accused by AFP of working with Chinese spy agency | @LisaVisentin
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Over 160 rights groups call on IOC chief to revoke 2022 Beijing Winter Games
Over 160 human rights advocacy groups have delivered a joint letter to the chief of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) calling for it to reconsider its choice to award China the 2022 Winter Games in light of Beijing’s human rights record.
It is the largest coordinated effort following several months of similar calls from individual rights groups, and comes as Beijing is facing increased international backlash over policies including its treatment of ethnic Uighurs in Xinjiang and new security laws in Hong Kong.
Separately, in an open letter released Wednesday, a coalition of over 300 civil society groups including Human Rights Watch called for the U.N. to set up an independent international mechanism to monitor and report on the human rights situation in China.
#China #Olympics #IOC #Uighurs
Source: Reuters #Sep16
Over 160 human rights advocacy groups have delivered a joint letter to the chief of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) calling for it to reconsider its choice to award China the 2022 Winter Games in light of Beijing’s human rights record.
It is the largest coordinated effort following several months of similar calls from individual rights groups, and comes as Beijing is facing increased international backlash over policies including its treatment of ethnic Uighurs in Xinjiang and new security laws in Hong Kong.
Separately, in an open letter released Wednesday, a coalition of over 300 civil society groups including Human Rights Watch called for the U.N. to set up an independent international mechanism to monitor and report on the human rights situation in China.
#China #Olympics #IOC #Uighurs
Source: Reuters #Sep16
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US halts imports from China's Uighur region for forced labor
Four companies and a manufacturing facility in northwestern China were blocked Monday from shipping their products to the U.S. because of their suspected reliance on forced labor from people detained as part of a massive campaign against ethnic minorities in the region.
Many Uyghurs in Xinjiang have been detained in re-education camps, and the Human Rights Watch has alleged that these camps have been used to indoctrinate Uyghurs and other Muslims since 2017 as part of a "people's war on terror," a policy announced in 2014. The re-educarion camps also functioned as forced labor camps, in which the detainees labor to produce products such as cotton for export.
Cotton is central to the industry of the region, and majority of China's cotton is produced in the Xinjiang province.
#US #Xinjiang #Uyghurs #Uighurs
Source: Associate Press #Sep15
https://apnews.com/0a2b64d4b2dfee8dc6be8d402a96ecbe
Four companies and a manufacturing facility in northwestern China were blocked Monday from shipping their products to the U.S. because of their suspected reliance on forced labor from people detained as part of a massive campaign against ethnic minorities in the region.
Many Uyghurs in Xinjiang have been detained in re-education camps, and the Human Rights Watch has alleged that these camps have been used to indoctrinate Uyghurs and other Muslims since 2017 as part of a "people's war on terror," a policy announced in 2014. The re-educarion camps also functioned as forced labor camps, in which the detainees labor to produce products such as cotton for export.
Cotton is central to the industry of the region, and majority of China's cotton is produced in the Xinjiang province.
#US #Xinjiang #Uyghurs #Uighurs
Source: Associate Press #Sep15
https://apnews.com/0a2b64d4b2dfee8dc6be8d402a96ecbe
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Block China’s seat on human rights council over Uighurs, urges Lisa Nandy
With the government facing accusations of confusion over its relationship with Beijing, Nandy wrote a letter to foreign secretary Dominic Raab citing UN guidance that the UK should consider contribution of candidates to the promotion and protection of human rights” when voting for membership of the human rights council.
It comes after Raab last week suggested that Britain could boycott the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022 if evidence mounts over the abuse of Uighur Muslims.
The above gestures were inadequate in the face of the “disturbing evidence of mass detention, forced sterilisation and slave labour” emerging from the region. “The UK government must step up and lead international action to provide the UN with immediate, unfettered access to Xinjiang,” Nancy told the Observer.
Source: the Guardian #Oct10
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/10/block-chinas-seat-on-human-rights-council-over-uighurs-urges-lisa-nandy?ref=upstract.com&curator=upstract.com
#UK #UN #HumanRights #Uighurs #Xinjiang
With the government facing accusations of confusion over its relationship with Beijing, Nandy wrote a letter to foreign secretary Dominic Raab citing UN guidance that the UK should consider contribution of candidates to the promotion and protection of human rights” when voting for membership of the human rights council.
It comes after Raab last week suggested that Britain could boycott the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022 if evidence mounts over the abuse of Uighur Muslims.
The above gestures were inadequate in the face of the “disturbing evidence of mass detention, forced sterilisation and slave labour” emerging from the region. “The UK government must step up and lead international action to provide the UN with immediate, unfettered access to Xinjiang,” Nancy told the Observer.
Source: the Guardian #Oct10
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/10/block-chinas-seat-on-human-rights-council-over-uighurs-urges-lisa-nandy?ref=upstract.com&curator=upstract.com
#UK #UN #HumanRights #Uighurs #Xinjiang
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Block China’s seat on human rights council over Uighurs, urges Lisa Nandy
The UN must be allowed to conduct an inquiry into possible crimes against humanity in Xinjiang, the shadow foreign secretary says
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Beijing blasts Bob Rae after ambassador calls for UN to investigate genocide claims
Rae has asked the UN Human Rights Council to investigate China's treatment of the country's Uighurs in Xinjiang. Beijing has denied any wrongdoing, saying it is running a voluntary employment and language-training program.
Zhao on Monday used a number of select statistics that suggest China's Uighur population is growing at a faster rate than Canada's population to mock Rae's suggestions that the Uighurs are being persecuted.
However, Zhao's statistics appear to have been incomplete or inaccurate and did not address a report by The Associated Press in June that birthrates have been dramatically cut in Uighur-dominated areas of Xinjiang.
Source: CP24 #Nov17
https://www.cp24.com/news/beijing-blasts-bob-rae-after-ambassador-calls-for-un-to-investigate-genocide-claims-1.5191893
#Canada #Xinjiang #Uighurs #CCP #UN #ReEducationCamp
Rae has asked the UN Human Rights Council to investigate China's treatment of the country's Uighurs in Xinjiang. Beijing has denied any wrongdoing, saying it is running a voluntary employment and language-training program.
Zhao on Monday used a number of select statistics that suggest China's Uighur population is growing at a faster rate than Canada's population to mock Rae's suggestions that the Uighurs are being persecuted.
However, Zhao's statistics appear to have been incomplete or inaccurate and did not address a report by The Associated Press in June that birthrates have been dramatically cut in Uighur-dominated areas of Xinjiang.
Source: CP24 #Nov17
https://www.cp24.com/news/beijing-blasts-bob-rae-after-ambassador-calls-for-un-to-investigate-genocide-claims-1.5191893
#Canada #Xinjiang #Uighurs #CCP #UN #ReEducationCamp
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French Footballer Griezmann cuts ties with #Huawei citing fears over treatment of #Uighurs
//The France and Barcelona forward Antoine Griezmann ended his affiliation with Huawei on Dec 10, 202p, saying there are “strong suspicions” that the Chinese tech giant has contributed to the repression of the mostly Muslim minority Uighurs.
Griezmann’s announcement followed media reports that Huawei has tested facial recognition software intended to help China’s surveillance of the group.
“Following strong suspicions that the Huawei company has contributed to the development of a ‘Uighur alert’ thanks to facial recognition software, I am announcing the immediate termination of my partnership with the company,” Griezmann said in an Instagram post.
“I take this opportunity to invite Huawei to not just deny these accusations, but to take concrete actions as quickly as possible to condemn this mass repression, and to use its influence to contribute to the respect of human and women’s rights in society.”//
Image: BBC
Source: The Guardian #Dec10
www.theguardian.com/football/2020/dec/10/griezmann-cuts-ties-with-huawei-citing-fears-over-treatment-of-uighurs
#AntoineGriezmann #CCP
French Footballer Griezmann cuts ties with #Huawei citing fears over treatment of #Uighurs
//The France and Barcelona forward Antoine Griezmann ended his affiliation with Huawei on Dec 10, 202p, saying there are “strong suspicions” that the Chinese tech giant has contributed to the repression of the mostly Muslim minority Uighurs.
Griezmann’s announcement followed media reports that Huawei has tested facial recognition software intended to help China’s surveillance of the group.
“Following strong suspicions that the Huawei company has contributed to the development of a ‘Uighur alert’ thanks to facial recognition software, I am announcing the immediate termination of my partnership with the company,” Griezmann said in an Instagram post.
“I take this opportunity to invite Huawei to not just deny these accusations, but to take concrete actions as quickly as possible to condemn this mass repression, and to use its influence to contribute to the respect of human and women’s rights in society.”//
Image: BBC
Source: The Guardian #Dec10
www.theguardian.com/football/2020/dec/10/griezmann-cuts-ties-with-huawei-citing-fears-over-treatment-of-uighurs
#AntoineGriezmann #CCP
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Griezmann cuts ties with Huawei citing fears over treatment of Uighurs
The France and Barcelona forward Antoine Griezmann has cut commercial ties with the Chinese tech giant Huawei
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The US Bans Cotton Imports from Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps for Involvements of Uyghur Forced Labour
The US put pressure on China for its human rights issues in Xinjiang again on Wednesday (Dec 3) local time. The US was to ban the import of cotton products from the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC) and has accused the corps for subjecting imprisoned Uyghurs to forced labour.
The US Customs and Border Protection announced the new arrangements for the withhold release order to ban cotton and cotton products from XPCC. Reuters reported that the Trump administration was seeking to consolidate its harsh stance against China in the final few weeks of Trump’s presidential term, to make it harder for President-elect Biden to resolve the tense relationship between the two nations.
The withhold release order allows the authority to confiscate products allegedly produced by forced labour, in order to tackle human rights abuses. The US considered a total ban on cotton and tomato products imported from Xinjiang, but the ban was opposed by US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, and the Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin, and was hence changed to a ban on imports from designated enterprises.
#US #China #Xinjiang #ForcedLabour #XPCC #XinjiangProductionandConstructionCorps #Trump #Uyghurs #Uighurs #Cotton #Tomato #Reuters
Source: Stand News #Dec03
https://bit.ly/38j2xOQ
The US put pressure on China for its human rights issues in Xinjiang again on Wednesday (Dec 3) local time. The US was to ban the import of cotton products from the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC) and has accused the corps for subjecting imprisoned Uyghurs to forced labour.
The US Customs and Border Protection announced the new arrangements for the withhold release order to ban cotton and cotton products from XPCC. Reuters reported that the Trump administration was seeking to consolidate its harsh stance against China in the final few weeks of Trump’s presidential term, to make it harder for President-elect Biden to resolve the tense relationship between the two nations.
The withhold release order allows the authority to confiscate products allegedly produced by forced labour, in order to tackle human rights abuses. The US considered a total ban on cotton and tomato products imported from Xinjiang, but the ban was opposed by US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, and the Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin, and was hence changed to a ban on imports from designated enterprises.
#US #China #Xinjiang #ForcedLabour #XPCC #XinjiangProductionandConstructionCorps #Trump #Uyghurs #Uighurs #Cotton #Tomato #Reuters
Source: Stand News #Dec03
https://bit.ly/38j2xOQ
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Three Canadian companies investing in Xinjiang operations, Trudeau concerned about companies violating human rights
In an effort to stop China from committing human rights abuses against the Uighurs in Xinjiang, the Canadian government announced last week that it is asking major domestic companies to avoid doing business with or profiting from forced labour. Recently, Canadian media reported that three publicly traded Canadian companies had invested hundreds of millions of Canadian dollars in Xinjiang, making them the top five foreign investors in the region. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expressed concern about the incident and said he is in close contact with all Canadian companies to ensure they do not benefit from human rights abuses.
The Globe and Mail (Canada) reported Monday that three Canadian companies, including renewable energy giant Canadian Solar Inc. and two small mining companies, Dynasty Gold Corp. and GobiMin Inc. have operated businesses and invested hundreds of millions of dollars in Xinjiang over the past two decades. However, none of the three companies has responded to whether they are involved in human rights abuses or forced labour activities.
#Xinjiang #Canada #HumanRights #LabourCamp #Trudeau #Uighurs
Source: Apple Daily #Jan20
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20210120/5KO5S44BLZCC3OIDDSSOW5FPKU/
In an effort to stop China from committing human rights abuses against the Uighurs in Xinjiang, the Canadian government announced last week that it is asking major domestic companies to avoid doing business with or profiting from forced labour. Recently, Canadian media reported that three publicly traded Canadian companies had invested hundreds of millions of Canadian dollars in Xinjiang, making them the top five foreign investors in the region. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expressed concern about the incident and said he is in close contact with all Canadian companies to ensure they do not benefit from human rights abuses.
The Globe and Mail (Canada) reported Monday that three Canadian companies, including renewable energy giant Canadian Solar Inc. and two small mining companies, Dynasty Gold Corp. and GobiMin Inc. have operated businesses and invested hundreds of millions of dollars in Xinjiang over the past two decades. However, none of the three companies has responded to whether they are involved in human rights abuses or forced labour activities.
#Xinjiang #Canada #HumanRights #LabourCamp #Trudeau #Uighurs
Source: Apple Daily #Jan20
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20210120/5KO5S44BLZCC3OIDDSSOW5FPKU/
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An Espionage War: Afghanistan detains 10 Chinese spies suspected of plotting assassination against Uighur leader, urges China to apologise
The Afghan intelligence department announced the recent bust of a Chinese spy team with 10 Chinese nationals arrested. At least two of them have ties with the Taliban branch "Haqqani", with weapons, ammunition, explosives and Ketamine seized from the mastermind's apartment. The Afghan government said the Chinese spies are suspected of committing espionage crimes, allegedly collecting Uighur intelligence in Afghanistan and cooperating with Pakistani spy agencies to engage in terrorist activities, and demanded an apology from the Chinese authorities.
Disguised as an East Turkistan branch to lure Uighurs into traps
The arrested Chinese spy team leader, Li YangYang, who had been working for Chinese intelligence since around July-August, primarily sought information on Al Qaeda and investigated possible Uighur activity in Afghanistan's eastern provinces. He was arrested in his apartment near Kabul on Dec. 10. Another person arrested was reportedly a woman named Sha Hung, the owner of a restaurant in Kabul, in whose residence investigators found explosives.
Sources said that Sha Hung and Li Yangyang were both associated with Haqqani. They joined other Chinese spies to disguise themselves as an offshoot of the East Turkestan Islamic Movement to recruit Uighurs opposed to the Chinese government, as an attempt to "eliminate" Uighur leaders hiding in Afghanistan with the help of terrorists. Some of the Uighurs who fled China would go to Afghanistan, and the Chinese government would also immediately detain any Uighurs entering China from Afghanistan. Sources said that Beijing had previously held secret meetings with the Taliban about the Uighurs.
Source: Apple Daily #Dec27
#Uighurs #China #Afghanistan #Espionage #Taliban #EastTurkestanIslamicMovement
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20201227/KIED4CBZTRAX5GQYCHMQEPFBB4/
The Afghan intelligence department announced the recent bust of a Chinese spy team with 10 Chinese nationals arrested. At least two of them have ties with the Taliban branch "Haqqani", with weapons, ammunition, explosives and Ketamine seized from the mastermind's apartment. The Afghan government said the Chinese spies are suspected of committing espionage crimes, allegedly collecting Uighur intelligence in Afghanistan and cooperating with Pakistani spy agencies to engage in terrorist activities, and demanded an apology from the Chinese authorities.
Disguised as an East Turkistan branch to lure Uighurs into traps
The arrested Chinese spy team leader, Li YangYang, who had been working for Chinese intelligence since around July-August, primarily sought information on Al Qaeda and investigated possible Uighur activity in Afghanistan's eastern provinces. He was arrested in his apartment near Kabul on Dec. 10. Another person arrested was reportedly a woman named Sha Hung, the owner of a restaurant in Kabul, in whose residence investigators found explosives.
Sources said that Sha Hung and Li Yangyang were both associated with Haqqani. They joined other Chinese spies to disguise themselves as an offshoot of the East Turkestan Islamic Movement to recruit Uighurs opposed to the Chinese government, as an attempt to "eliminate" Uighur leaders hiding in Afghanistan with the help of terrorists. Some of the Uighurs who fled China would go to Afghanistan, and the Chinese government would also immediately detain any Uighurs entering China from Afghanistan. Sources said that Beijing had previously held secret meetings with the Taliban about the Uighurs.
Source: Apple Daily #Dec27
#Uighurs #China #Afghanistan #Espionage #Taliban #EastTurkestanIslamicMovement
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20201227/KIED4CBZTRAX5GQYCHMQEPFBB4/
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#Sanction
China sanctioned by #EU, #US, #Britain and #Canada over Human Right Violations in #Xinjiang
//The EU, US, Britain and Canada on March 22, 2021 imposed sanctions against Chinese officials including Zhu Hailan, Wang Jungzheng, Wang Mingshan and Chen Mingguo over the alleged crackdown on the #Uighurs.
The coordinated strike also targeted the state-run Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps.
The Chinese government has been accused of carrying out forced sterilisations on Uighur women and separating children from their families.
A BBC investigation published in February contained first-hand testimony of systematic rape, sexual abuse and torture of detainees.
Read more:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-55794071
One woman testified that women were removed from their cells "every night" and raped by one or more masked Chinese men.//
Source: BBC #Mar22
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56487162
China sanctioned by #EU, #US, #Britain and #Canada over Human Right Violations in #Xinjiang
//The EU, US, Britain and Canada on March 22, 2021 imposed sanctions against Chinese officials including Zhu Hailan, Wang Jungzheng, Wang Mingshan and Chen Mingguo over the alleged crackdown on the #Uighurs.
The coordinated strike also targeted the state-run Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps.
The Chinese government has been accused of carrying out forced sterilisations on Uighur women and separating children from their families.
A BBC investigation published in February contained first-hand testimony of systematic rape, sexual abuse and torture of detainees.
Read more:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-55794071
One woman testified that women were removed from their cells "every night" and raped by one or more masked Chinese men.//
Source: BBC #Mar22
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56487162
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'Our souls are dead': how I survived a Chinese 're-education' camp for Uighurs
The man on the phone said he worked for the oil company, “In accounting, actually”. His voice was unfamiliar to me. At first, I couldn’t make sense of what he was calling about. It was November 2016, and I had been on unpaid leave from the company since I left China and moved to France 10 years earlier. There was static on the line; I had a hard time hearing him.
“You must come back to Karamay to sign documents concerning your forthcoming retirement, Madame Haitiwaji,” he said. Karamay was the city in the western Chinese province of Xinjiang where I’d worked for the oil company for more than 20 years.
Source: The Guardian #Jan12
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/12/uighur-xinjiang-re-education-camp-china-gulbahar-haitiwaji
#China #ReEducation #Uighurs #Xinjiang
The man on the phone said he worked for the oil company, “In accounting, actually”. His voice was unfamiliar to me. At first, I couldn’t make sense of what he was calling about. It was November 2016, and I had been on unpaid leave from the company since I left China and moved to France 10 years earlier. There was static on the line; I had a hard time hearing him.
“You must come back to Karamay to sign documents concerning your forthcoming retirement, Madame Haitiwaji,” he said. Karamay was the city in the western Chinese province of Xinjiang where I’d worked for the oil company for more than 20 years.
Source: The Guardian #Jan12
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/12/uighur-xinjiang-re-education-camp-china-gulbahar-haitiwaji
#China #ReEducation #Uighurs #Xinjiang