In new reports sent to United Nations treaty monitoring bodies, the Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) responds to the Chinese government’s rejection of key human rights recommendations made by UN experts. CHRD highlights Beijing’s resistance to genuine cooperation with the UN to improve human rights, and its ongoing threats to human rights defenders trying to engage UN human rights mechanisms.
“The Chinese government refuses to fulfill basic obligations set out under the international human rights treaties it voluntarily joined,” said Sophie Richardson, Co-Executive Director at CHRD. “At the same time, it harasses, intimidates, and detains human rights defenders from China when they try to work with these bodies.”
Beijing has used the treaty body review process to deflect international scrutiny of its human rights violations. It has obstructed the committees’ engagement with civil society, and failed to implement these experts’ constructive recommendations on improving implementation of the international treaties.
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CHRD’s analysis shows that the Chinese government has made no progress toward implementing CESCR’s recommendations. Chinese authorities have not adopted comprehensive anti-discrimination measures in law and practice. Instead, the government permits and exacerbates discrimination against women, rural migrants, persons with disabilities, and LGBTIQ+ individuals. The authorities have not acknowledged human rights violations in the Uyghur region, and they have not abolished the coerced residential (boarding) school system imposed on Tibetan children.
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“While ignoring UN reviews, Beijing is whitewashing its record by hosting high-profile international gatherings on women’s and socio-economic rights,” Richardson said. “Will states attending Beijing’s 2025 Global Summit of Women repeat state propaganda, or will they stand with activists challenging abuses and discrimination?”
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As it happens I have been to Xinjiang myself, I was there last August. Yes, that’s an anecdote - just like your random vloggers are anecdotes. If you want to make an informed opinion of any subject, you need to find out what serious sources are saying - academics, professional reporters, people who compile statistics for governments, etc. In this particular case, rando tourists are obviously not going to give you an accurate impression of what happens in Xinjiang, the de-facto colony of a literal police state. Anyway, it’s irritating to be wasting my time explaining all this so that’s all I have to say here.
Great I’ll take the anecdote of an anonymous person on the internet and put it in this pile and I’ll put the actual hours and hours of video by people who are not anonymous and judge each pile accordingly.
Maybe if you want to sway me you can cite me these academics and professional reporters who claim xinjiang is as bad as gaza.
BTW. What does “de facto colony” mean and how is China a police state?
Oh well you tried your best. It was feeble as fuck but if that’s all you can do then that’s all you can do.