Page 49 - Van Schaack News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Watchdog Accuses China Of Crimes Against Humanity In Xinjiang April 19, 2021 01:00 GMT Share share Print Human Rights Watch (HRW) says China's communist government is committing crimes against humanity in its treatment of Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim people in the northwestern region of Xinjiang. The Chinese leadership is responsible for widespread and systematic policies of mass incarceration, torture, and cultural persecution, among other offenses, HRW said in a report published on April 19, urging coordinated international action to impose sanctions on those responsible, advance account...

Mihrigul Tursun was one of more than 40 women in a 40-square metre underground cell. In Xinjiang, north-west China, they were chained at the wrists and ankles. It was their prison and their toilet. It had just one small hole in the ceiling for ventilation. A Uighur man walks past a painted wall showing different ethnic groups in Xinjiang. Credit:The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age The women, Tursun said, were stripped naked, forced to undergo a medical examination, electroshocked and beaten while interrogated. She said she witnessed nine deaths in three months of detention. The 31-year-o...

The 31-year-old’s account is one of the dozens contained in a report by Human Rights Watch and Stanford Law School released on Monday night. China is facing growing international scrutiny over its treatment of Muslim Uighurs in Xinjiang. Calls for a boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics are gaining momentum and countries, including Australia, are being urged to implement a united sanctions regime to force China’s government to allow independent United Nations inspectors into the region. Tursun’s account, like the scores of others reported by human rights groups, governments and...

The Importance of ‘Biological Destruction’ in Responsible Coverage of Xinjiang Chinese flag flying over Tiananmen Square. (radiowood, https://tinyurl.com/jusk9v4s; CC BY-NC 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/) Recent news coverage of the ongoing situation in Xinjiang has focused on whether or not those events meet the international legal definition of genocide. Declarations by both the Trump and Biden administrations, Canada, and the Netherlands have all stated that China’s treatment of the Uighurs constitutes genocide. Thoughtful and well-researched media coverage of t...

Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times Salesforce is committed to anchoring a new office tower on Wolf Point despite the company’s desire to trim real estate costs because many employees will work from home, the building’s developer said Wednesday. Greg Van Schaack, senior managing director at Hines, said Salesforce is enthusiastically proceeding with its plan to occupy 500,000 square feet in the 60-story building. The last of three towers on Wolf Point, where the Chicago River splits into north and south branches, is under construction and due to welcome tenants in mid-2023. “They have a fixed amou...