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Mehmet Tohti
Publishing · On our record since 2019
Where this writer stands
Foreign affairs2 pieces
Alliance restraintAssertive alliances and sanctions
“C-35 is the chance to prove that bet wrong, but only if the Carney government is prepared to write the one word that every credible Uyghur forced labour policy requires: Xinjiang.” Read the piece
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Recent work
- Canada is trying to stop importing goods made by forced labour. Here is why it is not workingOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 8, 2026
- Opinion: How Canada can stand against forced labour in ChinaOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jun 15, 2026
- Opinion: Visa-free visits to China are a risk for CanadiansOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 12, 2026
- Teich and Tohti: Forced labour of Uyghurs taints the seafood industry tooOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Nov 15, 2023
- Urgent resettlement of Uyghur refugees should be a priority for ParliamentOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 2, 2023
- Opinion | Urgent resettlement of Uyghur refugees should be a priority for ParliamentOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 1, 2023
- Opinion: We can throw escaped Uyghurs a lifeline by bringing more to CanadaOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 30, 2023
- Opinion | ‘The largest incarceration of a minority group since the Holocaust’: Canada must take action to stop the genocide of Uyghurs in ChinaOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 24, 2022
- Opinion | Canada has become a dumping ground for Uyghur forced labour productsOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 20, 2022
- Teich and Tohti: China must not hamper visit by UN rights boss to Uyghur regionOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · May 11, 2022
- Opinion: Canada must respond to China's harrowing genocideOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Dec 9, 2020
- Tohti and Burton: Canada must respond to China's harrowing genocideOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Dec 9, 2020
- Opinion: By naming Dominic Barton to be Canada’s Chinese envoy, Ottawa has left Uyghurs worriedOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 5, 2019