Oxford University Press halts publication of China-sponsored journal after years of outrage
Oxford University Press (OUP) will stop publishing a Chinese government -backed academic magazine after years of anger, which is alleged to have violated ethical rules for DNA collection from minorities.
A statement on the website Forensic Science Research (FSR) Read the magazine that it will no longer be published by OUP after this year. He said that the last issue of the three -month magazine to be published will be 10, number 4.
The journal supported by the Chinese Ministry of Justice, DNA collection from Uighur and other ethnic minority groups in the northwestern Sincan region of China, has been under investigation in the publication of the alleged studies. The critics of the studies published in the journal have argued that the subjects of the subjects may not have approved for the use of DNAs in the research.
The controversial magazine has been published since 2023 and has been financially supported by the Forensic Science Academy, which is carried out by the Chinese Ministry of Justice. The Academy describes the magazine as the only English three -month magazine focusing on forensic medicine in the field of forensic medicine in China. Guardian.
OUP has withdrew at least two articles published in DNA Examples from Chinese minorities due to ethical concerns.
A study published before OUP analyzed DNA samples collected from 264 Uighur individuals. This article claims that the participants have approved for research – a rejected claim of critics. It was reported that OUP published a “expression of concern ve about the article in 2024, but did not withdraw the article.
According to Oxford’s newspaper operated by the student, another study was published in 2023 and included 50 “Blood Stains” from Xibibe Ethnic Minority individuals. Cherwell.
The articles were first marked by Yves Moreau, an engineering professor in Ku Leuven in Belgium, and spent years investigating that Chinese researchers have collected genetic data from vulnerable population.
“From next year, Forensic Science Research It will be published by Elsevier’s distinguished joint broadcasting partner in China, Keai. This transition stems from the thoughtful reflection and pragmatic necessity directed with a common ambition to enlarge, develop and further develop the global influence of the magazine. ” He said fsr.
Beijing is accused of committing crimes against humanity against humanity and other ethnic minority groups in the last decade, including mass imprisonment, forced employment, torture, sexual assault and intensified surveillance.
Xi Jinping rejected the allegations as routine and called them the “lie of the century ..
The UN says China has detained more than a million minority Muslims in 2017, as there is a dramatic rise in anti -terrorism measures.
Britain, USA and Australia, the UN, Sincan and Tibet’tek Human Rights violations were among the 15 countries that made a joint statement.
Independent He reached FSR and OUP for comment.
