Twitter has removed a post by China’s US embassy claiming that Uighur women have been “emancipated” from extremism and were no longer “baby-making machines”. The post linked to an article denying allegations of forced sterilisation in Xinjiang. Twitter said the post had “violated the Twitter rules” but did not provide further details. His research is a primary source of information about labour programmes in both regions, and has attracted the ire of Chinese state media. An extensive investigation by Associated Press found authorities subjected hundreds of thousands of Uighur women to pregnancy checks, and forced intrauterine devices, sterilisation and abortion.

Source: The Guardian January 10, 2021 05:31 UTC