The World Uyghur Congress, the Uyghur Human Rights Project and 70 other Uyghur social groups from 18 countries on Wednesday issued a public message to governments to vote against China’s membership in the United Nations Human Rights Council in light of the ongoing and systematic human rights persecution of Uyghurs by the Chinese authorities.
The United Nations General Assembly is expected to vote on October 13 to elect a new three-year term for the 15-member UN Human Rights Council, according to the report.
In a statement, the President of the World Uyghur Congress, Dorikun Aisha, said that China’s appointment to the UN Human Rights Council seriously undermines the core values that the UN stands for. China’s human rights record must be used as an indicator when electing members to the Council. China not only undermines the concept of human rights, but also uses its influence at the UN to silence any discussion of its horrific human rights record.
Omar Kanat, executive director of the Uighur Human Rights Project, an NGO based in Washington, D.C., points out that the perverse logic behind any possibility of electing China would be difficult to understand at a time when the Chinese government is committing genocide against the Uighur people.
According to U.N. experts and human rights organizations, at least one million Uighurs and other Muslim minorities have been subjected to forced internment by the Chinese government in Xinjiang, while the authorities deny that the camps are “political re-education” and “vocational training. The presence of facilities. To date, however, no senior UN human rights commissioner or independent agency has been granted access to Xinjiang to investigate the human rights situation on the ground.
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