Penalties, handed down despite threats of retaliation from Beijing, freeze Xinjiang-based officials' assets in EU, bar them from traveling in bloc

All denominations of UK Jewry join extraordinary effort on issue hitting close to home, as leaders take unusual step of invoking Holocaust and chief rabbi pens rare political op-ed

'Uighurs 2021=Jews 1941' and 'Uighur lives matter' scrawled on wall etched with the names of tens of thousands of French victims of the Holocaust

Social media giant suspends account after post claims women in Xinjiang, where China is accused of forced sterilizations, are now no longer 'baby-making machines'

Beijing says outgoing US secretary is 'notorious for lying and deceiving,' has concocted 'a malicious farce' with allegation of crimes against humanity

In parting move, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ramps up pressure on Beijing with new sanctions over persecution of ethnic group

Beijing's alleged persecution of Muslim ethnic groups in Xinjiang has caused major rift with Western nations; analysts say over 1 million detained

Writing in The Guardian, Rabbi Mirvis calls on every person to act against the 'unfathomable mass atrocity...being perpetrated' in China

Groups speaking for Tibetans, Uighurs and others representing Hong Kong say international body has 'turned a blind eye' to systematic violations

In rare statement on issue not related to communal matters, UK Jewish leader says Beijing crackdown on minority leaves him 'reflecting upon the deep pain of Jewish persecution'