China opposes 'so-called Xinjiang-related assessment' by U.N. Human Rights Office

Record ID: 1687029

  • Title: China opposes 'so-called Xinjiang-related assessment' by U.N. Human Rights Office
  • Date: 1st September 2022
  • Summary: AVIGNON, FRANCE (SEPTEMBER 1, 2022) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) SECRETARY GENERAL OF AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, AGNES CALLAMARD, SAYING: "The fact that this particular High Commissioner is releasing that report, I think, testified to the importance of the findings and to the fact that China or other actors cannot accuse that report of being biased. Of course, they will accuse it of being biased, of being the product of western influence. But I think it's gonna be much more difficult for China to hold that line."
  • Embargoed: 15th September 2022 11:56
  • Keywords: AMNESTY CHINA HUMAN RIGHTS U.N. U.S. XINJIANG
  • Location: BEIJING, XINJIANG UYGHUR AUTONOMOUS REGION, CHINA / AVIGNON, FRANCE
  • City: BEIJING, XINJIANG UYGHUR AUTONOMOUS REGION, CHINA / AVIGNON, FRANCE
  • Country: China
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA003199901092022RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin on Thursday (September 1) firmly rejected a U.N. report which said China may have committed crimes against humanity in Xinjiang.
    China's "arbitrary and discriminatory detention" of Uyghurs and other Muslims in its Xinjiang region may constitute crimes against humanity, the outgoing U.N. human rights chief said in a long-awaited report on Wednesday (August 31).
    Describing the report as "completely illegal and void", Wang told a regular daily briefing on Thursday in Beijing that "this proves once again that the OHCHR has become a thug and accomplice of the U.S. and the West."
    U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, who has faced criticism from some diplomats and rights groups for being too soft on China, released the report just minutes before her four-year term ended. She visited China in May.
    China has vigorously denied any abuses in Xinjiang and issued a 131-page response to the 48-page U.N. report.
    (Production: Wang Shubing, Thomas Suen, Joyce Zhou)
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