Daily Archives: January 29, 2019

EU team visits China’s Xinjiang region to gather evidence on re-education camps

The EU has repeatedly voiced concerns about the human rights situation in Xinjiang (East Turkistan) The team was supervised by Chinese officials trying ‘to give a good impression’ Kashgar was one of the cities visited by the European Union team. Photo: Bloomberg A European Union delegation has visited China’s far western region of Xinjiang (East…

Followed, Harassed: Foreign Reporters Say China Work Conditions Worsen

Detentions, visa delays, and suspected phone bugging are among the challenges faced by foreign journalists in China, who say working conditions are getting worse with many reporting being watched and harassed. A survey of 109 journalists published Tuesday “painted the darkest picture of reporting conditions inside China in recent memory,” the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of…