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☆ Forced Uyghur labor is being used in China's solar panel supply chain, researchers say
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-29 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The world's biggest solar producers employ forced Uyghur labor, according to new research. The alleged use of forced Uyghur labor could threaten the growth of the global solar supply chain. The rest of the solar panel parts, like solar cells and solar panels, are assembled in other plants across China, the researchers wrote. China's dominance of the global solar supply chain could slow down the world's transition to clean energyMany countries, including the US, rely on Chinese imports for most of its panels, according to Bloomberg. China's dominance of the global solar market may expose the solar supply chain to a greater risk of disruptions from geopolitical disputes, extreme weather, and shifts in the economy, Seaver Wang, a researcher involved in the study, told Insider.

☆ 2 intensifying border wars show Putin is losing sway in his neighborhood while Russia struggles in Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Michael Peck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

In recent weeks, border disputes in the Caucasus and Central Asia have escalated into clashes. And the Russian troops that once kept the peace between those feuding neighbors? Kremlin Press Office/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesRussia's complicated history with Central Asia goes back centuries. Russian leaders, including Vladimir Putin, inherited this colonialist mindset, seeing Central Asia (and Ukraine) as part of the Russia sphere. KAREN MINASYAN/AFP via Getty ImagesTo some extent, the deployment of Russian troops, or threat to do so, has tamped down conflicts.

☆ Kyrgyzstan asks Russia-led bloc to send peacekeepers to Tajik border
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

BISHKEK, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Kyrgyzstan has asked a Russia-led security bloc to deploy peacekeeping troops at its disputed border with Tajikistan to ensure a ceasefire holds between the two ex-Soviet Central Asian countries, a senior Kyrgyz official said on Wednesday. At least 100 people were killed last month in fighting involving the use of tanks, aircraft and rocket artillery on a disputed section of the border. read moreAlthough the ceasefire agreed on Sept.16 has held up so far, Tajikistan's border guard service accused Kyrgyzstan on Wednesday of bringing more military hardware close to the border and building fortifications with "malevolent plans". Both Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan maintain close ties with Moscow and host Russian military bases. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Olga Dzyubenko; Additional reporting by Nazarali Pirnazarov in Dushanbe; Writing by Olzhas Auyezov; Editing by Alex RichardsonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ UN report on China’s Uyghurs: What you need to know
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-01 | by ( Jessie Yeung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Just minutes before the end of her term on Wednesday, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights dropped a damning report on China’s treatment of Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities. China has repeatedly and vehemently denied accusations of human rights abuses in the region, and decried the UN report on Wednesday as “based on the disinformation and lies fabricated by anti-China forces.”Here’s what you need to know. The 45-page report was the final offering from Michelle Bachelet, the head of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), whose term ended at midnight Geneva time. China responded to the report with its own 131-page document, saying the UN’s investigation “distorts” China’s laws and policies. However, activists and overseas Uyghurs have welcomed the report as a symbolic step and a new level of recognition by the UN of the human rights violations alleged in Xinjiang.

☆ China may have committed 'crimes against humanity' in Xinjiang, UN report finds
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-31 | by ( Simone Mccarthy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Hong Kong (CNN) China has committed "serious human rights violations" against Uyghur Muslims in its northwestern region of Xinjiang , which may amount to "crimes against humanity" according to a long-awaited report released Wednesday by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Separately on Thursday, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said China "rightfully rejects" the report, which it called "invalid and illegal." "The extent of arbitrary and discriminatory detention of members of Uyghur and other predominantly Muslim groups ... may constitute international crimes, in particular crimes against humanity," according to the report. What's nextThroughout the past four years, the international community within the UN has done little about the allegations of human rights abuses in Xinjiang. Omer Kanat, executive director of the Uyghur Human Rights Project, called the report a "game-changer for the international response to the Uyghur crisis."

☆ На границе Киргизии и Таджикистана произошла перестрелка, стороны обвинили друг друга в провокации
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-29 | by ( ) nokta.md time to read: +2 min

На границе Киргизии и Таджикистана произошла перестрелка после установки камер наблюдения у пункта по распределению воды «Головной», в результате пострадали не менее 20 человек. Заместитель главы Баткенской области Маруфхан Тулаев сообщил «Интерфаксу», что между сотрудниками силовых структур Киргизии и Таджикистана произошла перестрелка, ранены четыре человека. В свою очередь власти Таджикистана сообщают, что военные Киргизии открыли огонь по военнослужащим пограничных войск соседней страны. В свою очередь МЧС Киргизии сообщает, что в результате конфликта пострадали более 20 человек. Около 150 человек с обеих сторон закидали друг друга камнями после того, как пограничники Таджикистана установили камеры видеонаблюдения у водозабора «Головной».

Persons: Маруфхан Тулаев, Садыр Жапаров, Улукбек Марипов Organizations: Sputnik, Головной, СМИ, Госкомитет нацбезопасности, МВД, Интерфакс, ГКНБ, АзияПлюс, МЧС Locations: Tajikistan, Kyrgyz, Batken, Kyrgyzstan, Киргизия, Таджикистан, Бишкек, КокТаш, Баткенский район, Баткенская область, Ближнее зарубежье, Исфаринский район

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