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Possible Genocide in Xinjiang, China

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Dates: May 2014 – Present

Location: Xinjiang Province in China (East Asia)

Perpetrators: Xi Jinping, Chen Quanguo, and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)

Victims: Ethnic minorities in Xinjiang, mostly Turkic Muslims (Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Krgyz)

Number Killed: Unknown

Number of Refugees/IDPs: 50,000 – 100,000

Carmakers Implicated in Uyghur Forced Labor (3:23)

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Global carmakers, including General Motors, Tesla, BYD, Toyota, and Volkswagen, are failing to minimize the risk of Uyghur forced labor being used in their aluminum supply chains, Human Rights Watch said in a report. The 99-page report, “Asleep at the Wheel: Car Companies’ Complicity in Forced Labor in China,” finds that some carmakers have succumbed to Chinese government pressure to apply weaker human rights and responsible sourcing standards at their Chinese joint ventures than in their global operations, increasing the risk of exposure to forced labor in Xinjiang. Most have done too little to map their aluminum supply chains and identify links to forced labor.

Chinese Officials Impose Home Visits on Muslim Families (0:56)

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Chinese officials, since early 2018, have imposed regular “home stays” on families in the predominantly Muslim region of Xinjiang. These visits are part of the government’s increasingly invasive “Strike Hard” campaign in the region, home to 11 million Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslim minorities. During these visits, families are required to provide officials with information about their lives and political views and are subjected to political indoctrination. The Chinese government should immediately end this visitation program, which violates rights to privacy and family life and the cultural rights of ethnic minorities protected under international human rights law.