China Backs Lawsuits Against German Researcher for Xinjiang Abuse Claims
- China Foreign Ministry backs lawsuits over Adrian Zenz reports
- Legal challenges show rights claims ‘rattling them,’ Zenz says
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China endorsed a series of lawsuits against a German researcher central to claims of abuses in Xinjiang, in the latest move to push back against foreign allegations of forced labor in the region.
The suits seek apologies and financial compensation from the researcher, Adrian Zenz, according to the state-run news site Tianshannet, which reported the cases Monday. Specifically, the plaintiffs dispute a report Zenz authored for the Washington-based Center for Global Policy in December, in which he said hundreds of thousands of ethnic minority laborers in Xinjiang were “being forced to pick cotton by hand.”