Human rights abuse in China

China

Winter Olympics: Is your country doing a diplomatic boycott?

Here's a round-up of all the countries that have said they will not send senior officials to China for the Beijing 2022 Winter Games.

14/01/2022

USA

US Congress approves import ban targeting forced labour in China

The legislation creates a presumption that goods coming from Xinjiang are made with forced labour.

17/12/2021

World News

US announces diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics

China threatened to take "firm countermeasures" in response to Washington's plans to stage a diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympic Games over human rights abuses.

06/12/2021

China

UK committee publishes damning report on Xinjiang "atrocities"

British lawmakers called for a United Nations inquiry into "serious human rights abuses" against ethnic minorities including Uyghur Muslims in north-western China.

08/07/2021

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Dozens of Uighurs, Tibetans protest the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics

Dozens of Uighur and Tibetan activists gather outside the Olympic Museum in Lausanne to protest against the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing and to call for a boycott.

23/06/2021

World News

UN warns world in 'severe cascade of human rights setbacks'

The United Nations' Human Rights chief called for "concerted action" to recover from "the most wide-reaching and severe cascade of human rights setbacks in our lifetimes."

22/06/2021

Europe

MEPs vote to freeze controversial EU-China investment deal

MEPs deplore the sanctions that Beijing has imposed on five of their colleagues and refuse to open the debate for ratification as long as the punitive measures remain in place.

20/05/2021

Europe

What can we expect from the EU-China virtual summit?

Climate action, trade agreements, COVID-19... what will be discussed in the upcoming EU-China video meeting on Monday?

14/09/2020