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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
massive scale. A
on @hrw findings so far & next steps.
In 2018, @wang_maya literally wrote
the bookon the Chinese govt's mass, systematic campaign of violations against Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang. /2 https://bit.ly/34iDBpD
the bookon the Chinese govt's mass, systematic campaign of violations against Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang. /2 https://bit.ly/34iDBpD
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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1 million+ Turkic Muslims to abuses like:forced political indoctrinationcollective punishmentrestrictions on movement and communicationsheightened religious restrictionsmass surveillance/3
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
access. More here: https://bit.ly/37mqhCq /4
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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to “turbocharge” its repression of the #Uyghurs. 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, 
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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horror at Chinese govt repression is growing, as is the political cost for China. In October, 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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This followed the 
searing indictment of the Chinese govt's rights record by 
(
) 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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searing indictment of the Chinese govt's rights record by () 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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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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@Portugal_MoFA, @CRcancilleria, @MAERomania, @CzechMFA, @CyprusMFA, @MinexGt, @MIREXRD & @SRE_mx./8
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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France @francediplo_EN could put @EmmanuelMacron's recentcall 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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...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
member state-backed investigation would make the Chinese govt's equivocation a lot harder.
None of this is easy. But @chiefrabbi framed the imperative to act on #Xinjiang so well:
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
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
