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Lawmakers Demand UN Release Report on China’s Human Rights Violations Against Uyghurs Before Start of Beijing Olympic Games

By Amber Crawford

Lawmakers from 20 countries are waiting anxiously for the UN’s human rights office to release their report on the human rights violations in Xinjiang before the Winter Olympics kicks off on February 4.

The Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) wrote a letter to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, on January 27, requesting that her office publish their report prior to the beginning of the Beijing Winter Olympics.

“As the world’s attention turns towards Beijing for the start of the Winter Olympics, it is of paramount importance that the Chinese government is held to account for its actions in the XUAR (Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region),” the letter reads. “We urge you to publish the findings of the report, announced as in its final stages in September 2021, before the beginning of the Games. Doing so would send a strong signal that no country is beyond scrutiny or above international law.”…

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