Representatives of the Ujgurian minority and human rights advocates on Tuesday criticized the International Community for a lack of response to the UN report of 2022, which revealed torture and extensive violations of human rights in the Chinese province of Sinjiang. Criticism was heard as part of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva and was accompanied by a call for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk to increase pressure on Beijing, AFP reported.
Türk’s predecessor Michelle Bachelet, in the August 2022 report, pointed out the possible “crimes against humanity” in Sinjiang. The report reports violations of the rights of Ujguers and other Muslim minorities in China, including the “credible” accusations of torture and any detention.
They call on Türka
“The recommendations were not implemented,” said Ujgur’s activist Rizwangul Nurmuhammad, who is fighting for the release of her brother detainee in 2017.
“He was a breadwinner, father, husband, son and brother, ordinary and decent citizens. Nevertheless, he was detained and sentenced to nine years in prison only because of her Ujgur identity,” she said.
However, the Chinese diplomat, at the meeting, described claims about any imprisonment and forced disappearances as “complete lies”.
Sophie Richardson of Chinese Human Rights Defenders stated that violations were “extensive and systematic” and called on Türk to urgently present the situation in the UN Council for Human Rights.
Human rights violation
The UN High Commissioner’s Office stressed that he has repeatedly submitted this question in contacts with Beijing, but the results have not yet been made. On Monday, Türk himself said in his speech in Geneva that “the progress we sought to protect the rights of Ujguers and other Muslim minorities in Sin-Niang …
Ujguri are approximately 12 million Turkic ethnic groups of predominantly Muslim religion. Currently, the Ujgur community in Sinjiang is facing serious human rights violations by the Chinese government. These violations include mass detention in the so -called. retraining camps, forced work, sterilization, disappearance and systematic assimilation. International organizations and governments of several countries have identified these acts as genocide and crimes against humanity.
Ujguri, who live outside China, especially in Central Asia, Turkey and others, are actively involved in the fight for the rights of their community and draw attention to human rights violations in Sinjiang.
