Based on its own data, the South China Morning Post says the report will not be released any time soon.
UN Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet’n criticism is rising while the release of an official UN report on the situation in China’s Uighurs seems to be further delayed.
Bachelet paid a visit to China last week, which had been tried for years and which in itself received strong criticism.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights had failed to visit China for nearly 20 years. Since about 2018, scholars, human rights organizations and the media have reported how China has systematically camped and kept minorities in Xinjiang under forced labor. The Uighur people of Islam have been oppressed in China for decades.
China has vehemently denied the camping claims. It said it only used to run training centers to prevent terrorism.
Bachelet’n the visit was criticized in advance because many western commentators believed it was just a white washing campaign in China that did not allow the human rights commissioner to see the real situation in the Uighur regions.
At the end of his visit last Saturday to Bachelet held a press conference. In it, he said China should review its operations in Xinjiang and ensure that its counter-terrorism efforts do not violate international human rights.
Bachelet’s comment has been interpreted to reinforce fears that Westerners had in advance of the visit of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Bachelet’s wording on “counter-terrorism” can be read, if desired, so that China’s actions in the Uighur regions would actually be directed against counter-terrorism.
Now An official report on the situation in the Uighur is expected more strongly from the UN. The report has been awaited from the UN even before Bachelet’s visit, and for example The Guardian says already completed at the end of last year.
The Guardian has interviewed several human rights commentators, including a lawyer who has been active in promoting Uighur human rights. Rayhan Asatia. He said a quick release of the report would be an opportunity for Bachelet to tell people the real situation about the situation of the Uighurs.
English from Hong Kong South China Morning Post for its part, it states, on the basis of its own information, that the report will not be published any time soon.
Representative of the Bachelet office Elizabeth Throssell has told the South China Morning Post that the report will be updated “based on the findings of the visit”. When the report is ready, it will be distributed to the Chinese authorities so that they can comment on the allegations made in the report.
According to the information received by the magazine, the process with translations can take several weeks or even months. This, in turn, calls into question whether the report will have time for a meeting of the UN Human Rights Council, which begins on 12 June and ends on 8 July. Commentators have demanded that the report be discussed at the meeting.
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