Heute erscheint mein Buch über das Jahrhundertverbrechen Chinas gegen die Uiguren und andere ethnische Gruppen in Xinjiang: Wie der chinesische Staat dazu kam, die totalitären Methoden des 20. Jh wieder zu beleben - mit den Mitteln von heute.

Several international NGOs have limited their language and advocacy on the topic of Gaza out of fear that Israel might otherwise refuse them permits to operate in the Palestinian territories.

Aid workers accuse humanitarian organizations of censoring their language on #Gaza. I felt, one former aid worker said, that I was "being asked to lie". They fear Israel might otherwise refuse them permits to operate in the Palestinian territories.

Our latest for DW: Several international aid organizations have restricted their language and advocacy on the topic of Gaza. They fear that the Israeli government might otherwise refuse them the permits they need to operate.

Inciting war from abroad: 'War influencers' are calling for violence in their native Somalia while residing in Germany. Check out this investigation by my colleagues @EstherFelden and @_MarielMueller together with @ARDKontraste

Breaking: Xinjiang gets new party secretary as Ma Xingrui is replaced by Chen Xiaojiang, deputy United Front Work Department minister and the first ethnic Han appointed director of the National Ethnic Affairs Commission. Chen affirms primacy of stability in Xinjiang:👇

What's been happening in the Uyghur region? it's still dire: 500k-1m detained in prisons and new kanshousuo; forced institutionalization of non-Han young, old in boarding schools, nursing homes while working age non-Han pushed to distant forced labor. https://t.co/nYfyMZBHeZ

About a month ago one of those 48 Uyghurs left me WhatsApp voice messages, he said “instead of sending us back to China Thai government should kill us here in the free world”

More trucks have left the IDC, and they are now blocking the expressways, making it impossible to follow.

I've heard from a few reliable sources that Thailand's Immigration Detention Centers appear to be preparing—positioning trucks, setting up tunnel tents, and deploying additional personnel at IDC Suan Phlu. They are not allowing journalists to film there this evening.#Uyghurs

Case workers informed me the reliable sources have identified Feb 27th as a deportation date.

Tonight, Idris Hasan is free. He suffered more than 3 years in detention in Morocco, due to the Chinese government’s abuse of the Interpol RED notice system. We are so grateful to welcome him. Whenever it is possible to rescue even one Uyghur, we must do it.

The 48 Uyghurs in imminent danger of deportation to Xinjiang have gone on hunger strike, underscoring the urgency of their predicament.

The German government has quietly cut funding for Zochrot and New Profile, two Israeli human rights organizations critical of the Israeli government’s policies and the Gaza war, a DW investigation finds. The move appears to be part of a larger pattern of cutting federal funds

Our latest: In December 2024, the German government defunded Zochrot and New Profile, two Israeli human rights organisations. It follows an earlier move to cut funding for several Palestinian NGOs. Some fear this shrinks spaces for those critical of the Israeli government.🧵

A big shoutout to @BirSchuelke and @NaomiConrad for their meticulous work. This topic is highly sensitive and controversial in Germany. Many sources were fearful to go on the record. All the more I am glad that the story is out.

While most people here were on holiday, my colleagues worked hard to get this story out: Germany defunds Israeli and Palestinian Human Rights orgs. Civil society sources accuse Germany's Foreign ministry of helping the Israeli government to stifle dissent.

German authorities approved dozens of climate projects in China that allowed firms to receive carbon credits. A DW and ZDF investigation found that these projects are likely fake and part of a large carbon credit scam. https://t.co/VO9gwaQhBp

1) It could be the biggest climate fraud in German history. A tool meant to make the oil industry cleaner provided alleged criminals with the unique opportunity for a billion-euro fraud. A joint investigation by @DeutscheWelle's investigative team and @ZDFfrontal. 👉

How a Chinese firm ran a billion-euro carbon credit scam, possibly in cahoots with German auditing companies. Watch here: https://t.co/swmzpckwAI By my two colleauges @BirSchuelke and @mare_porter

.@BirSchuelke and I together with ZDF's @HansKoberstein and @martiorosz found that dozens of projects were filed by just one company in China. But we also looked into the German side of the affair. How could all of these projects be approved?