“Xinjiang-related issues (the Uyghurs) are not human rights issues at all.” https://t.co/YvSvWYL26d
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) October 11, 2022
“Xinjiang-related issues (the Uyghurs) are not human rights issues at all.” https://t.co/YvSvWYL26d
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) October 11, 2022
🇨🇳 China, member of UNHRC, tells plenary: "I want to stress that Xinjiang issues are not human rights issues at all. At present, Xinjiang enjoys social stability, economic growth, ethnic unity, religious harmony. People of all ethnic groups enjoy extensive rights and freedoms." pic.twitter.com/lojBUhJxQa
— UN Watch (@UNWatch) October 11, 2022
The U.N. Human Rights Council just voted 19-17 to REJECT a resolution that proposed merely to hold a debate on the situation of the Uyghurs. No surprise: 2/3 of UNHRC are non-democracies.
Bravo to 🇺🇸 @USUN for trying. It's time to put the racist murderers on the defensive. https://t.co/5iMPUwe5ZF pic.twitter.com/poX8n8AaZ5
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) October 6, 2022
Cuban communist regime, perennial member of UNHRC, boasts that it helped Chinese communist regime, another perennial member of UNHRC, to defeat a resolution today that would have held at least *a debate* on Beijing's crushing of the Uyghurs. https://t.co/IRuugdZVby
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) October 6, 2022
UN human rights commissioner Michelle Bachelet has finally released her report on China's record in the Uyghur region of Xinjiang: https://t.co/EcsWm7eFAW
Kowtowing to Beijing, Bachelet and her office delayed publishing this report until the very last minute of her 4-year term. https://t.co/ZDNgU5zT2Y
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) September 1, 2022
🇨🇳 China to the UNHRC: "There is no such thing as arbitrary detention. The so-called assessment on Xinjiang by the OHCHR (UN human rights office) is unauthorized, a product of political manipulation and completely inconsistent with the real situation in Xinjiang." pic.twitter.com/FjprrqXKtb
— UN Watch (@UNWatch) September 21, 2022
🇨🇳 China tells UNHRC: "Xinjiang and Tibet enjoy social stability, economic growth, ethnic unity, and religious harmony. People of all ethnic groups enjoy a wide range of rights and freedoms. The so-called large scale detention in Xinjiang are baseless lies and slanders." pic.twitter.com/lnEE1WfQcf
— UN Watch (@UNWatch) September 21, 2022
🇨🇳 China to UNHRC: "Since the enforcement of the national security law in Hong Kong as well as the improvement of its electoral system, Hong Kong has realized a historic turnaround from chaos to governance. Its people have been able to better exercise their legitimate freedoms." pic.twitter.com/6yxHzI5RXF
— UN Watch (@UNWatch) September 21, 2022
🇨🇳 China, a member of the UNHRC, tells the plenary: "There is no such thing as enforced disappearance in Xinjiang, or anywhere else in China. China has repeatedly stressed that there is no forced labor in Xinjiang, only voluntary and independent choice of employment." pic.twitter.com/yYrZYXbY5V
— UN Watch (@UNWatch) September 21, 2022
🇨🇳 China tells UNHRC: "China is a country governed by the rule of law that firmly opposes enforced disappearances in law enforcement, and safeguards the legitimate rights and freedom of our citizens." pic.twitter.com/W0eOqBxtXh
— UN Watch (@UNWatch) September 21, 2022
🇻🇪 Venezuela tells UNHRC: “There is a relentless fake news campaign about Xinjiang in China with the regrettable publication of the so-called [U.N.] assessment or evaluation on Xinjiang, based on mistaken conclusions, and ignoring the information provided by the government.” pic.twitter.com/XwLaGVFZNc
— UN Watch (@UNWatch) September 19, 2022
🇨🇺 Cuba tells the U.N. Human Rights Council: "We reject the issuance of an illegitimate report against the People's Republic of China, the result of pressure by Western countries with objective geopolitical goals." pic.twitter.com/R3KaBQcb4T
— UN Watch (@UNWatch) September 16, 2022