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USCIRF Hearing: Ending Genocide - Accountability for Perpetrators
July 20, 2021
… date to bring the government of the People’s Republic of China before a formal international court. Ongoing efforts to …
USCIRF Hearing: Ending Genocide - U.S. Government Genocide Determinations and Next Steps
April 28, 2021
… Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), and most recently China. Official designations can increase international …
USCIRF Commissioner Nury Turkel Adopts Uyghur Religious Prisoner of Conscience
May 12, 2021
… is a well-known Uyghur poet, reporter, and author based in China.   “The Chinese Communist Party has determined that an … recommended that the U.S. Department of State redesignate China as a “country of particular concern” (CPC) due to its …
USCIRF Releases 2021 Annual Report with Recommendations for U.S. Policy
April 21, 2021
… Department designated as CPCs in December 2020—Burma, China, Eritrea, Iran, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Saudi … violations; blasphemy laws; global antisemitism; and China’s international influence on religious freedom and …
USCIRF Warns that Forced Sterilization of Uyghur Muslims is Evidence of Genocide
June 30, 2020
… has committed against the Uyghurs and other Muslims in China.” Under Article II(d) of the  Convention on the …
USCIRF Commemorates 75th Anniversary of UN Genocide Convention, Seeks Justice for Genocide Victims
December 07, 2023
… the ongoing genocide against Uyghur Muslims in China. ” The 1948 Genocide Convention originated in the … that occurred in Bosnia, Rwanda, Iraq, Darfur, Burma, China, and territories in 2016 and 2017 that were under the …
Uyghur Genocide
January 29, 2021
… Jan 29, 2021   China’s mistreatment and abuse of Uyghurs and other religious … On January 19, the U.S. State Department designated China’s treatment of Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims as …
USCIRF Welcomes House Passage of Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act
September 23, 2020
… that rely on the forced labor in Xinjiang and elsewhere in China. The Department of Commerce also added 11 Chinese … beyond a reasonable doubt that their supply chains in China are free of forced labor or moving their business …
USCIRF Hearing on A Religious Minority Enslaved: Addressing the Complicity of U.S. Companies in Uyghur Forced Labor
March 03, 2021
… the persecution of Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in China through forced labor and other practices that undermine … and industrial parks. U.S. companies with supply chains in China for consumer goods—particularly those in the apparel, …
The Grim Backdrop to the Beijing Olympics
February 11, 2022
… boycott of the Beijing Olympics amid the outcry over China’s human rights and religious freedom abuses. … we explore the disconnect between the severity of China’s human rights and religious freedom abuses, and the …