State Dept defends Biden use of term ‘genocide’ by Russia
Biden levelled the accusation at President Vladimir Putin's forces for the first time, while adding however that it would be up to lawyers to decide if Russia's behavior actually qualifies as genocide.
US determines Myanmar military ‘committed genocide against Rohingya’
Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims have fled Buddhist-majority Myanmar since 2017 after a military crackdown that is now the subject of a genocide case at the United Nation's highest court in The Hague.
Beijing birth control policy designed to eliminate millions of Uighur births, report finds
The policies could increase the Han population in southern Xinjiang from its current level of 8% to about 25% by 2040.
NZ declines to call China’s Uighur treatment genocide
NZ foreign minister says Wellington only recognises a genocide when it has been defined as such by international courts.
UK MPs anger Beijing by declaring ‘genocide’ in Xinjiang
Calling the accusations a 'big lie', China says the British MPs should 'mind their own business'.
Forced labour and the systematic oppression of Uighurs
There needs to be a broad alliance of countries and non-state actors to put pressure on global supply chains to stop sourcing from Xinjiang and other parts of China where forced labour is involved.
