Human rights advocates and Uyghur activists were stunned and swiftly condemned Bachelet's actions.
"If the one institution that was supposed to stand by us ended up aiding the Chinese government’s own narrative, what more could we do to change the victims’ lives?" said Rayhan Asat, a human rights lawyer and Yale law fellow whose brother is detained in Xinjiang, calling this the "ultimate betrayal."
The institution of the High Commissioner for Human Rights is now "badly compromised," said Frederick John Packer, a professor of law at the University of Ottawa who served on the drafting committee secretariat at the 1993 World Conference on Human Rights, where the plan to establish the post of High Commissioner for Human Rights was"The world cannot afford this," he said. "She must resign along with those who advised this awful course.
On May 20, a group of 40 legislators from 18 countries, including the U.S., Germany, France, Lithuania, New Zealand and Japan,that Chinese authorities planned a "Potemkin-style tour" and criticized Bachelet for going through with the visit without securing promises of unrestricted access. "The UN should never undertake any of these trips unless it is under conditions that they specify, and not conditions that are dictated to them," Ibrahim said.Back in December, Bachelet's office promised to soon release a report on conditions in Xinjiang. That report has yet to be released.
You had me at ‘UN official’. Anyone expected anything else from League of Nations V2?
Bullshit. It illustrates how the UN bows to China and has no backbone. I can't wait to see the start of the WWW III and the end of the UN.
Natsecjeff No evidence of genocide exists. A UN official goes and says there is no genocide. Now the west calls for her resignation?
Is anyone shocked? Would love to know how many CCP-aligned officials were involved with the official's hiring and screening process. The UN is an organization designed to 'keep the peace,' not hold people to account.
what she has done is unexpected
Show us the evidence I have an affinity for Chinese culture but the US is my ride or die. Where’s the genocide? Plenty by Russia in Ukraine
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