clothes with xinjiang cotton. the o.c. audited those companies and “did not find any forced, bonded, indentured or child labor.” >> the i.o.c. had not released or disclosed the auditor names or the factories that they have done the audits. and they also only listed two apparel companies and then stated that there is no forced labor in the uighur region. and that is-- that's very questionable. >> the i.o.c. and the beijing organizers need to be able to say that those products are free from forced labor, and they cannot. the olympic rings are supposed to be five continents. it's more like five rings of repression. >> schifrin: minky worden is the director of global initiatives at human rights watch, and the author of "china's great leap: the beijing games and olympian human rights challenges." she accuses beijing of using the olympics to “sports-wash” its human rights record, including by using a relatively unknown uyghur athlete to light the olympic torch. >> civil society leaders, lawyers, women's rights activists, journal

chinese diplomats said choosing the xinjiang competitor showed china was one �*big family'.ally, this is a political ploy by beijing essentially to cover up what it's doing and xinjiang, it's being accused of human rights abuses and xinjiang, uighur people put in camps, re—education camps and a whole series of other measures introduced against the uighur minority there. and ideally, without saying so, this is china hitting back and saying look, we are a nation of 56 different ethnic groups, uighurs are among them and we have an athlete taking part in this olympics ceremony, letting the cauldron as a symbolic act, it is their way of showing the world that uighurs are a part of china and treated well. also, it's got to be seen in terms of a promotion by the chinese government because if you look on twitter, chinese diplomats are promoting this and also sharing videos of this athletes family back home in xinjiang, celebrating the honour of leading the cauldron and really show how this family should be proud of the fact that there she is competing in the olympics. in danish city

it has been accused of really egregious human rights abuses and xinjiang against uighur people and xinjiangle series of other measures, introduced against the uighur minority there. without explicitly saying so, this is trying to hit back and saying look, we are a nation of 56 different ethnic groups, uighuramong them. and a nation of 56 different ethnic groups, uighur among them. and they will take part in this assembly and light the cauldron as a symbolic act. it is really showing the world that they are part of china and treated well. also, it has got to be seenin treated well. also, it has got to be seen in terms of promotion by the chinese government because if you look on twitter, chinese diplomats are promoting this and are sharing videos of the athletes family back home in xinjiang, celebrating the honour of leading the cauldron and really shows his family being really proud of the fact that she is part of the chinese nation and hoping she does well in the olympics. haw does well in the olympics. how well-known _ does well in the olympics. how well- known is _ does well in the olymp

>> fareed, firstly, we had our ambassador, he went to xinjiang and he -- according to his observationsed on the western media. but more importantly, from our point of view in pakistan, we have a disputed territory between pakistan and india. over the last 35 years, approximately, the figure varies, about 100,000 have died. since 5th of august, 2019, the indians have revoked the status, which unilaterally, which is according to the united nations security council a disputed territory between pakistan. there are killings going on. there are 800,000 troops in the region. now, i find it very difficult that there is hardly any indignation about what is happening there compared to what is happening or what they say is happening in xinjiang. that's where i disagree with this. we as pakistanis feel very strongly that this should be even handed. yes, if -- firstly, this region is different because it's disputed between pakistan and india, confirmed by the united nations security council resolution. for us this is the immediate issue right now and i'm afraid it just doesn't get the attention it

is banning all imports from xinjiang, trying to keep forced labor products out of american stores. >>panies that fail to address forced labor and other abuses in their supply chains face serious legal risks. >> reporter: they have pledged to source from xinjiang puts the company in operation to nike and adidas who say they do not want to do business there. foreign auditors were forced to leave china, making it harder to get independent verification. >> it's hard to imagine that substantial portions of cotton isn't tainted with uighur-forced labor. >> reporter: anta has not responded to cnn's request for comment. you cannot miss the sports wear worn in these games, also worn by international olympic committee officials. rights groups have questioned whether the ioc could be complicit in its partnership with anta and another chinese brand, hyx group. cnn has reached out to hyx group as well. no response. last month the ioc released the result of a study saying we did not find any extreme violations against our code including no forced, bonded,in dentured or child labor. the nonprofit co

but it's very, very difficult to work in xinjiang.ant is that access is very difficult. manyjournals in china have now been denied visas, it's very difficult to go to xinjiang and people have been followed, detained and their sources intimidated. it's very difficult to work there effectively. so we turned to satellite imagery. we spent a little while researching potential techniques for finding the camps, and we discovered that in the chinese version of google maps that there was censorship, that when you navigated to a place where we knew that there was a camp and zoomed in that, suddenly, this light grey square would appear over the location. you'd zoom in again and it would be gone immediately. it looks a little bit like the map was broken but we quickly realised that it wasn't, that we could reproduce this. also that was happening in all of the locations where we knew camps to be. so we started to map that censorship and could go and look at those same locations in uncensored imagery such as in google earth and see what was there.

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it interesting to look at the beijing olympics underway this weekend and see vladimir putin and xinjianging the game sitting side-by-side, your thoughts on this newfound partnership between america's two leading adversaries? >> think they're going to talk about three things, maria. >> one xinjiang is going to tell vladimir putin, whatever you do with ukraine and europe are going to support you. and the russian presidents would say also whatever movie you want to make about taiwan afterward and with ukraine we will support you with that. there's reciprocity by the second thing the chinese president is going to say to vladimir putin is if the europeans or the americans give you any trouble on any of your pipelines or energy pipelines in europe, do not worry, we comment china will take all of your energies of eyes will take your oil, natural gas, will have this pipelines go from siberia to try and it will be fine. then i think the third thing is they both say to each other, here is a new world order. we are in charge, china says chinese technology, chinese money and bottom are pollutants as

solar panels and batteries in the xinjiang province, where they commit genocide with forced slave labourat bill. but i'm hopeful to your point that we can get a good competes act because china, rather than russia, long—term is the greatest threat to our national security. just a quick word on iran, because you alluded to iran a short time ago. i just wonder whether you would accept that, since donald trump walked away from the so—called jcpoa agreement that was supposed to curb iran's nuclear programme under the watchful eye of the international nuclear watchdog agency, since trump walked away from that agreement, iran has massively enhanced its capacity to enrich uranium, and many people, including seniorfigures in the israeli government, say it was a major strategic mistake for the united states to walk away from that agreement. are you prepared now to accept trump got that wrong? well, again, you seem very fixated on president trump. well, he is the de facto leader of your party, congressman. well, i would say ijust got out of a classified briefing with the special envoy to iran. we w

. —— in xinjiang. there's been— of years. —— in xinjiang. there's beena— of years. —— in xinjiang.out a message — think the world is sending out a message politically. i don't think that message politically. idon't think that is— message politically. i don't think that is the — message politically. i don't think that is the fault of athletes who work— that is the fault of athletes who work day — that is the fault of athletes who work day and night and are totally dedicated — work day and night and are totally dedicated to their sport. it's not their— dedicated to their sport. it's not their fault— dedicated to their sport. it's not their fault that this is the way china — their fault that this is the way china is— their fault that this is the way china is behaving. but we are really. — china is behaving. but we are really. a _ china is behaving. but we are really, a lot of our supply chains, for our— really, a lot of our supply chains, for our 56 — really, a lot of our supply chains, for our 56 technology — the policy was reserves, the whole love affair that lasted — was reserves,

and what the law does is, it promises to keep goods made with forced labor in china's xinjiang uyghuron out of u.s. markets and to impose sanctions related to forced labor. you know, what is the next thing that needs to be done? >> my next project, there are other bills out there that we're working on. there is another bill that would be working with some of the activist hong kongers. i want to actually create another bill for tibetan people. but i think the next step is to try to put as much pressure as we can towards china. >> hoover: you have spoken-- you've spent a lot of time talking to both republicans and democrats on these issues. you're sort of a nonpartisan advocate for human rights. and you've also spent a lot of time going on different media outlets trying to elevate these issues. >> enes kanter freedom plays for the boston celtics, and he joins us tonight. >> hoover: now, one program you went on got more criticism than the rest, and that was tucker carlson's who-- probably because he has a history of promoting conspiracy theories, and he's been criticized for pretty xenop

uighurs are among those suffering in xinjiang. they did get their independence briefly in the early 20th century. but china's communist government took it all away in 1949. the group was then named one of the country's ethnic minorities leading to the xinjiang autonomous region. but then riots broke out and 200 people killed. but that hope was dashed for the foreseeable future when violence erupted in 2014. uighur separatists blew up a railway station. killing 91. china's president xi jinping promised to take severe action. he directed local officials to respond with absolutely no mercy. >> there is a growing body of evidence the chinese communist party has executed masses of individuals. brian: what is the result? unimaginable ongoing torture, nothing short of genocide. the prils noarts are raped, beaten and tortured. my next guest worked as a civil servant in 2014. she was planning to flee china. but the chinese government confiscated her passport. the government then kidnapped her and forced her to work in a prison reeducation

meanwhile, china has been trying to rebrand xinjiang as a winter sports hub throughout the games.hout the games. yes indeed. this is why it is even more important for the olympic committee to address these issues that human rights groups and many people have brought up to their attention. we have actually met with the international olympics committee senior officials on two occasions and raised very concrete demands specifically regarding labour rights, regarding the procurement of olympic merchandise that might be tainted with uyghur forced labour and they have failed to addressed thoseissues and they have failed to addressed those issues in a very meaningful way, and also practice due diligence in their supply chains.— in their supply chains. ahead of the games you — in their supply chains. ahead of the games you have — in their supply chains. ahead of the games you have been _ in their supply chains. ahead of the games you have been appealing . in their supply chains. ahead of the games you have been appealing to | games you have been appealing to companies to reconsider their

the chinese embassy in the uk has responded to allegations of human rights abuses in xinjiang.vant elements to stop interfering in china's internal affairs and spreading lies about xinjiang. ioc president thomas bach called on all political leaders around the world to observe their commitment to the olympic truce. we urge the relevant parties to stop spreading rumours and stop politicising sports." and so that a discussion continues. —— that discussion. let's get some of the day's other news. the death toll from the covid—i9 pandemic in the united states surpassed 900,000 on friday, according to thejohns hopkins university coronavirus tracker. new cases linked to the omicron variant are falling, but daily deaths continue to rise, with an average of 2,400. currently, only 64% of the population are fully immunised — that's despite highly effective vaccines being widely available. five people have been killed by an avalanche in the austrian state of tyrol. rescuers say the victims were buried under snow near spiss, close to the border with switzerland. a sixth person, an injured w

the chinese authors will allow for a credible visit of the high commissioner to china, including xinjiangd xinjiang has been the third rail of these winter olympics and for china in general, denying allegations made by the u.s. and other governments that cultural genocide has been committed in that region with the alleged roundup and incarceration of more than a million ethnic uighurs and members of other muslim seniorities. china denying all of that. and in a conspicuous demonstration during the opening ceremony, one of the chinese olympic athletes to light the cauldron was an ethnic uighur, arguably the first time ever that a uighur has lit the cauldron at an opening ceremony for the olympics. back to you. >> all right. ivan watson in hong kong, thanks so much. >>> two people are dead following a shooting at a wisconsin apartment complex. it happened in a community just outside of milwaukee saturday morni morning. when police responded, they say the suspect fired on them. authorities say thvictims did know the shooter and a preliminary investigation indicates the incident began as a dom

accusing china of effectively committing genocide in xinjiang. china vehemently denying it.nd the presence of a uighur, ethnic uighur athlete, lighting the olympic cauldron in the opening ceremony, perhaps a signal from china in response to all this criticism. >> absolutely. ivan watson in hong kong, thanks so much. >>> many people still suffer with covid symptoms long after their infection ends. i'll speak with someone who's trying to help them get better. >>> much more on the standoff with moscow as russia's military edges closer to ukraine's borders. for rob, it took years to find out why his constipation with belly pain just wouldn't go away. despite all he did to manage his symptoms... day after day. still came the belly pain, discomfort, and bloating, awful feelings he tried not showing. finally with the help of his doctor it came to be, that his symptoms were all signs of ibs-c. and that's why he said yess to adding linzess. linzess is not a laxative. it helps you have more frequent and complete bowel movements, and is proven to help relieve overall abdominal symptoms

and beijing made a provocative decision in choosing an athlete from the xinjiang region.because of allegations in the xinjiang rege. with more authoritarian increasing at odds with the west. when we saw the host games in 2008 china was trying to meet the world terms. now the message from beijing, the world must accept china's. boris, christi. >> selina wang, we appreciate it. >> thanks. >>> up next, a story that terrorized the nation two decades ago. we're going to be joined by the first victim of the d.c. sniper as lee malveaux could be granted parole. we'll get that next. celebrate e. forever connected. exclusively at kay. i may have moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. or psoriatic arthritis. but we are so much more. we're team players and artists. designers and do-it-yourselfers. parents and friends. if joint pain is getting in the way of who you are, it's time to talk to your doctor about enbrel. enbrel helps relieve joint pain, and helps stop permanent joint damage. plus enbrel helps skin get clearer in psoriatic arthritis. ask your doctor about enbrel, so you c

this time china is telling the world to accept theirs. >> the abuses in xinjiang are well documented by journalists and credible by a number of governments around the world, including this one. selina wing, nic robertson as well. as the athletes compete, the world is grappling with the olympics. >> white house press secretary jen psaki underscored the u.s. diplomatic boycott. any official representation would treat the games as business as usual in the face of the human rights abuses atrocities, and we can't do that. joining us to succdiscuss. ambassador, thank you for being here. as you see the image of the two autocrats, putin and xi in beijing, notably missing western leaders, other authoritarians are present. what does that tell you about the global state of discord, really, as we're continuing to see escalation on the ukraine border with russia and america sending a dire warning here? >> well, first, it's back to the games. unfortunately, the tension over there in the presence of say putin and not president biden is due to the continuing deterioration and relationship between th

this israeli visited cotton rms in xinjiang, where the u.s.e th one million uyghurs and forces them to work. >> it's totally normal here. people are nice, doing their job, living their life. >> schifrin: and social media analysts say beijing uses spam to camouflage the human rights realities. so-called "spamouflage" pumps out thousands of messages targeting chinese critics, including those who called for olympics boycotts. >> ( translated ): the so-called issue of forced bor in xinjiang is a lie fabricated by some forces with ulterior motives. we oppose any behavior that politicizes sports. >> schifrin: today, i.o.c. president thomas bach backed beijing up. >> both organizations, b.o.c.o.g. and the i.o.c., have restated their unequivocal commitment to remain politically neutral. >> schifrin: which means, once the olympics ends, the small crack in the great firewall will close again. for the pbs newshour, i'm nick schifrin. >> woodruff: despite the problems and criticism around the olympics, these past two weeks still have provided their share

a row has broken out over the decision to get an athlete from xinjiang to light the olympic cauldrone criticism of its policies in xinjiang. beijing is alleged to have carried out human rights abuses against the region's ethnic uyghurs. she has every right wherever she comes from to compete. and she has every fight to take part in the opening ceremony and i think it was a lovely concept. the queen will become the first british monarch to celebrate a 70—year reign on the throne tomorrow. she'll mark the milestone at sandringham, where herfather king george the sixth, died suddenly on february the 6th, 1952. 0ur royal correspondent nicholas witchell has more. no british monarch has achieved such a milestone before — 70 years of service. she can look back at three previousjubilees — the silver, gold and diamond. and tomorrow, privately at sandringham, the queen will recall the date, february six 1952, when herfather, george vi, died unexpectedly and she became queen. at the time, she was just 25 years of age. in the years since, across decade after decade of change, from the years after

diplomatic boycott by the united states and other countries in response to alleged human rights abuses in xinjiangbach said the ioc has been working hard to preserve the game's unifying mission. >>> russian president vladimir putin is one of the foreign dignitaries who will be in attendance at friday's opening ceremony. he's also set to meet with president xi. his presidential office says this will be the first in-person summit between the two since november of 2019. a skrem lynn spokesperson indicated russia's on going talks with the united states and flay toe will be on the agenda. experts say putin hopes to explain russia's security concerns over nato expsion in eastern europe and gain xi's support to counter the united states together. >>> next, the u. nfrmt security council has spoken out to end the violence in myanmar one year after the government was over thrown. continued unrest has cut people ofoff from their homes and basi necessities. members of the security council said they're alarmed by the situation and called for citizens to be protected. about 1,500 people have died in a military

china says a top un human rights official can visit its province of xinjiang.tention. but the chinese foreign ministry says it would not welcome an investigation. rescue teams have continued to work in the brazilian city of petropolis, which was devastated by flash floods and mudslides on tuesday. 146 people are now known to have died and almost two hundred have been reported as missing. the emergency services were forced to suspend their work several times during the day because of torrential rains. police in the canadian capital, 0ttawa, have used stun grenades as they continue to remove protesters near the federal parliament building. 0fficers said they'd been met with aggression by those who remain. for their part, protesters — who object to covid manadates — claim the police have been heavy—handed. dozens of arrests have been made. let's hear from the acting chief of police in ottawa. downtown residents, we're focused on your safety. we are not going anywhere until you have your streets back. we are aware of protesters leaving the parliamentary precinct mo

children are singing about it in this propaganda video, released last month by the government in xinjiangnocide. a former olympian who's close to america's athletes this time told me why some of them are nervous about sharing this moment. i had one athlete tell me that they've had nothing in the lead—up to these olympics — they've had not a single team meeting about sport and their athletic performance. every meeting they've had has been either about covid protocols or about athlete safety, personal safety in beijing. i don't think a single athlete is going to speak out at the games — and nor do i think they should. if i were there i would be keeping my mouth shut because the risk is just too great. and this is really a failure of the international olympic committee. it's a failure of leadership that athletes are in this position. in many ways, this looks like a normal olympic games. there are updated rules in place to allow athletes to express their concerns — away from the tracks, slopes, rinks and podiums. but what is always a cold gathering feels much more frosty this time round. this

children are singing about it in this propaganda video, released last month by the government in xinjiangide. in the pregames period, i can feel it... a former olympian who's close to america's athletes this time told me why some of them are nervous about sharing this moment. i had one athlete tell me that they've had nothing in the lead—up to these olympics — they've had not a single team meeting about sport and about their athletic performance. every team meeting they've had has been either about covid protocols or about safety — athlete safety, personal safety in beijing. i don't think a single athlete is going to speak out at the games — and nor do i think they should. if i were there, i would be keeping my mouth shut because the risk is just too great. and this is really a failure of the international olympic committee. it's a failure of leadership that athletes are in this position. in many ways, this looks like a normal olympic games. there are updated rules in place to allow the athletes to express their concerns away from the tracks, slopes, rinks and podiums. but what is always

children are singing about it in this propaganda video, released last month by the government in xinjiangnt. i don't think a single athlete is going to speak out at the games — and nor do i think they should. if i were there i would be keeping my mouth shut because the risk is just too great, and this is really a failure of the international olympic committee. it's a failure of leadership that athletes are in this position. china's leaders have promised to deliver an efficient, safe olympic games. but what is always a cold gathering feels much more frosty this time round. this is a games defined by the big fissure on the world stage, with china on one side and the us on the other. and inside the bubble, athletes trying to get on with their sport. robin brant, bbc news, beijing. chris silverwood has stepped down as the head coach of the england men's cricket team. it follows the 4—0 ashes series defeat in australia. an interim coach will be appointed to oversee next month's tour of the west indies. this year's bafta nominations for the film awards have been announced. the sci—fi epic dune

children are singing about it in this propaganda video, released last month by the government in xinjiangommitted genocide. in the pre—games period, i can feel it... a former olympian who's close to america's athletes this time told me why some of them are nervous about sharing this moment. i had one athlete tell me that they've had nothing in the lead—up to these olympics — they've had not a single team meeting about sport and about their athletic performance. every team meeting they've had has been either about covid protocols or about safety — athlete safety, personal safety in beijing. i don't think a single athlete is going to speak out at the games — and nor do i think they should. if i were there, i would be keeping my mouth shut because the risk is just too great. and this is really a failure of the international olympic committee. it's a failure of leadership that athletes are in this position. in many ways, this looks like a normal olympic games. there are updated rules in place to allow the athletes to express their concerns away from the tracks, slopes, rinks and podiums. but

there are uighur is and uighur americans, i have friends whose parents are back in xinjiang. i have one friend in particular she has a daughter of her own has never met her grandmotherbecause she's held an account . there are people in hong kong who have friends who are part of the pro-democracy movement who are locked up indefinitely in china. for speaking out in defense of liberty and freedom. we're all sitting comfortably in our chairs, watching the olympics. you know, and in a relatively comfortable place. this is not an opportunity for silence as you said. this is an opportunity for being outspoken and calling on the us government to take several steps even beyond the olympics. we have to be thinking and talking about the ccp. we need to be there saying we're going to sanction every single chinese communist party official who is complicit in genocide against the uighur is. we need to target every entity that was complicit in helping hong kong be what it is today. we need to be extending safe haven through priority refugee status to people who can no longer live within ch