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10 Jan 2021
The British government sent nearly £150 million to firms connected to the concentration camp regime in the Chinese region of Xinjiang for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) during the coronavirus outbreak in the UK.
The government paid out £122 million alone to Winner Medica, which supplies some of its cotton from the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC), a paramilitary group that has been barred from selling in the United States following accusations of slave labour.
The government also shelled out £19m contract to the pharmaceutical company China Meheco and another £16.5 million to Sinopharm. Both companies have been linked to slave labour camps in the region, according to
Saudi prince held ‘against international law’
HUMAN RIGHTS: A panel of British lawmakers said that Saudi Arabia’s failure to live up to international human rights standards weakens the kingdom and the West’s security
The Guardian
The detention of the former crown prince of Saudi Arabia in breach of international law is weakening the security of both the kingdom and the West, a cross-party investigatory panel of British lawmakers has found.
Saudi Arabian Prince Mohammed bin Nayef was arrested in March as part of a consolidation of power ordered by Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman.
The panel found that, since March, bin Nayef had lost a significant amount of weight.