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Israel joins 50 nations in condemning China's imprisonment of Uyghurs

Another 66 nations, including the Palestinian Authority and Iran, issued a counter-statement in support of China, that was put forward by Cuba.

|ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Activists take part in a protest against China's treatment towards the ethnic Uyghur people and calling for a boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, at a park Jakarta, Indonesia, January 4, 2022
A Chinese pagoda overlooks the old city in Kashgar, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China, May 4, 2021.

UN expert concludes 'forced labor' has taken place in Xinjiang

China rejects all accusations of abuse of Uyghurs and other Muslim minority groups in the western Xinjiang region, denying claims of forced labor.

|ByREUTERS
DEMONSTRATORS FROM China’s Uighur Muslim ethnic group protest outside a Turkish Olympic Committee building in Istanbul last week, calling for a boycott of the Winter Olympics in Beijing.

Skating past China’s Uighur genocide -opinion

How can it be that Israelis will soon ski or skate for entertainment purposes in the very same country where a genocide is ongoing? 

|ByDANNY SCHIFF
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York City, New York, U.S.

Israel declines to sign UN statement on China’s treatment of Uyghurs

An Israeli diplomatic official told said that the Israeli government had “other interests that it has to balance” in its relationship with China.

|BySHIRA HANAU/JTA

United States condemns China's sanctions in dispute over Uyghurs

Activists and UN rights experts say at least a million Muslims have been detained in camps in Xinjiang.

MARCH 28, 2021
ByREUTERS
An ethnic Uighur demonstrator wears a mask as she attends a protest against China in front of the Chinese Consulate in Istanbul

Canada's parliament motion says China's treatment of Uighurs is genocide

"We can no longer ignore this. We must call it for what it is — a genocide," Conservative lawmaker Michael Chong said.

FEBRUARY 23, 2021
ByREUTERS
Ethnic Uighur demonstrators take part in a protest against China, in Istanbul, Turkey October 1, 2020.