Uighurs Frustrated, UN Slow to Respond to Alleged Chinese Human Rights Abuses

Human rights groups and the United Nations on Saturday (31/8) again highlighted a UN report released two years ago on alleged crimes against humanity that China may have committed in Xinjiang, and urged firm action regarding the findings. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, released the report on August 31, 2022, minutes before her term ends. At that time, Yalkun Uluyol really hoped to get justice for the fate of his father who had been missing since 2018. But he later learned that his father had been sentenced to 16 years in prison in Xinjiang, a move Uluyol said was related to his identity as a Uighur, a Muslim group considered a target of Beijing’s repression. The U.S. government says the ethnic group is often targeted by Beijing. An ethnic Uighur woman works while her children play in Hotan, western China's Xinjiang region, Sept. 20, 2018. (AP Photo) “I was very happy when the report came out. But now I feel like, yeah, you released the report, but why? My life is not getting better. On the contrary, it is getting worse,” the 30-year-old researcher, who lives in Istanbul, told Reuters on Friday (29/8). China has strongly …

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