The #ICC said it can’t assert jurisdiction over China’s repression in #Xinjiang. nyti.ms/3gRdxa3
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.
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👏 book👏on the Chinese govt's mass, systematic campaign of violations against Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang. /2 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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💠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: 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: bit.ly/37mqhCq
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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.
bit.ly/3gRgmb9
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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, 3⃣9⃣ countries publicly rebuked the widespread rights violations in Xinjiang, Hong Kong & Tibet,⬆️from 27 countries only a few months ago.
bit.ly/3agbLy0
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bit.ly/3agbLy0
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This followed the 🔥searing indictment🔥 of the Chinese govt's rights record by 5⃣0⃣(‼️) 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.
bit.ly/389raO8
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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...
reut.rs/2WlAKIi
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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. 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.”
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.”
bit.ly/3oPvQzg
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