{"id":4362,"date":"2018-11-03T18:32:07","date_gmt":"2018-11-03T18:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iuhrdf.org\/en\/2018\/11\/03\/china-committing-ethnic-cleansing-xinjiang-its-time-world-stand\/"},"modified":"2018-11-03T18:32:07","modified_gmt":"2018-11-03T18:32:07","slug":"china-committing-ethnic-cleansing-xinjiang-its-time-world-stand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iuhrdf.org\/en\/china-committing-ethnic-cleansing-xinjiang-its-time-world-stand\/","title":{"rendered":"China is committing ethnic cleansing in Xinjiang \u2013 it’s time for the world to stand up"},"content":{"rendered":"

N<\/span><\/span>ow is the time to act on China\u2019s human rights abuses in Xinjiang. China\u2019s efforts to destroy the ethnic Uighur identity through mass internment camps and militarised surveillance <\/a>must be raised loudly and clearly condemned during a UN human rights review of China on Tuesday in Geneva.<\/span><\/p>\n

Countries afraid of standing up to China<\/a> on their own can speak out on 6 November on a UN platform, known as the universal periodic review (UPR), where all countries equally take turns to be <\/span>scrutinised<\/span> by their peers about every four years. The UPR tests UN member states\u2019 commitment to promoting and protecting human rights, but more pragmatically, it gives governments a shield to protect themselves when speaking up.<\/span><\/p>\n

These countries are at less risk of China angrily cutting economic or political ties if they <\/span>criticise<\/span> its policies in Xinjiang as a part of a UN process. As peers, their opinion carries more weight with the Chinese government than the NGOs, journalists, and academics who have been sounding the alarm for months. A clear, collective voice from dozens of countries at this critical juncture in China\u2019s crackdown on Xinjiang<\/a> could make the Chinese government pause and rethink its approach.<\/span><\/p>\n