Geneva ¨C Uyghurs and rights advocates on Tuesday decried lame global action over a damning 2022 U.N. report detailing torture and sweeping abuses in China¡¯s Xinjiang region.
Members of China¡¯s Uyghur minority joined NGOs on the sidelines of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva to urge U.N. rights chief Volker Turk to step up pressure on Beijing.
¡°The U.N. rights chief should strengthen his efforts to press the Chinese government to implement U.N. recommendations,¡± Yalkun Uluyol, the China researcher at Human Rights Watch, told diplomats gathered for the event.
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