Uigures

Latest effort in Washington to punish Beijing for what officials say is an ongoing genocide against Uyghurs and other Muslim groups

Amnistía Internacional ha presentado un alarmante informe con nuevos detalles sobre la situación de los uigures y otras minorías étnicas de religión musulmana en China. Según la ONG, los habitantes de la región autónoma de Xinjiang son objeto de tortura, persecuciones y encarcelamientos masivos.

15:07 - Top diplomats from the Group of Seven nations singled out China in a number of ways that will irritate the government in Beijing, from alleged human-rights abuses to its actions on Taiwan and incursions in cyber space.

Embassy in London says a ‘handful of MPs cooked up’ the motion to discredit China and defends Beijing’s policies in the region. Non-binding vote does not change Britain’s official policy, but is likely to increase pressure on Boris Johnson to take a tougher stance

15:25 - Unusually strong criticism from Tokyo comes ahead of Japanese prime minister’s trip to Washington

15:35 - State department’s 2020 assessment takes a hard line on Beijing as well as Saudi Arabia and Myanmar

17:49 - Boris Johnson narrowly defeated a rebellion from members of his Conservative Party pressing for U.K. courts to rule on cases of genocide, a move they hoped would prevent the government from doing trade deals with countries found to be committing the crime.

Beijing has said it will sanction several EU officials, including parliamentarians, for "harming" China's sovereignty. The decion comes just after the EU agreed to sanction China for human rights abuses in Xinjiang.

18:27 - Parliament’s move was not supported by Trudeau and likely to raise diplomatic tensions between the two nations