The #ICC said it can’t assert jurisdiction over China’s repression in #Xinjiang. https://nyti.ms/3gRdxa3
But facts are facts: China’s gov't has committed serious rights violations against the #Uyghurs on a
massive
scale.
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on @hrw findings so far & next steps.
But facts are facts: China’s gov't has committed serious rights violations against the #Uyghurs on a
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In 2018, @wang_maya literally wrote
the
book
on the Chinese govt's mass, systematic campaign of violations against Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang. /2 https://bit.ly/34iDBpD
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The Chinese govt's "Strike Hard" campaign has subjected
1 million+
Turkic Muslims to abuses like:
forced political indoctrination
collective punishment
restrictions on movement and communications
heightened religious restrictions
mass surveillance
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Not even kids are safe from this campaign’s cruelty.
Chinese authorities have kept countless children - whose parents are detained or in exile - in state-run child welfare institutions & boarding schools w/out parental consent or
access. More here: https://bit.ly/37mqhCq
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Chinese authorities have kept countless children - whose parents are detained or in exile - in state-run child welfare institutions & boarding schools w/out parental consent or
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Last week, @wang_maya revealed a big data program for China’s policing in #Xinjiang that arbitrarily selects Turkic Muslims for possible detention. The government is using technology
to “turbocharge” its repression of the #Uyghurs.
https://bit.ly/3gRgmb9
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https://bit.ly/3gRgmb9
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The global
horror at Chinese govt repression is growing, as is the political cost for China. In October, ![Tastenkappe Ziffer 3 3⃣](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/33-20e3.png)
countries publicly rebuked the widespread rights violations in Xinjiang, Hong Kong & Tibet,
from 27 countries only a few months ago.
https://bit.ly/3agbLy0
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https://bit.ly/3agbLy0
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This followed the
searing indictment
of the Chinese govt's rights record by ![Tastenkappe Ziffer 5 5⃣](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/35-20e3.png)
(
) independent human rights experts that report to the UN Human Rights Council. They urged UN member countries to urgently create a mechanism to monitor abuses.
https://bit.ly/389raO8
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https://bit.ly/389raO8
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What now? We need more countries to #StandwithUyghurs at the #UN, like
@Portugal_MoFA,
@CRcancilleria,
@MAERomania,
@CzechMFA,
@CyprusMFA,
@MinexGt,
@MIREXRD &
@SRE_mx.
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And
France @francediplo_EN could put @EmmanuelMacron's recent
call for a #UN investigation of #Xinjiang repression into action by leading the charge in the #UN Human Rights Council...
https://reut.rs/2WlAKIi
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https://reut.rs/2WlAKIi
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...especially since @UNHumanRights Commissioner @mbachelet's 19+ months-old request to Beijing for unfettered access to #Xinjiang remains unanswered. https://bit.ly/2IYLDN6
A UN
member state-backed investigation would make the Chinese govt's equivocation a lot harder.
A UN
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None of this is easy. But @chiefrabbi framed the imperative to act on #Xinjiang so well:
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Though the task is great, none of us are free to desist from it. As Nelson Mandela himself said: “It always seems impossible until it’s done.”
https://bit.ly/3oPvQzg
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Though the task is great, none of us are free to desist from it. As Nelson Mandela himself said: “It always seems impossible until it’s done.”
https://bit.ly/3oPvQzg