China’s Xinjiang crackdown under scrutiny ahead of UN rights chief visit

May 22, 2022

“Now there’s not much visible evidence of repression,” said Peter Irwin of the Uyghur Human Rights Project.

Her reluctance to criticise may reflect Beijing’s powerful influence at the UN, which puts officials “under a lot of constraints”, Irwin said.

Once published, the report could provide “political cover” for countries normally afraid to criticise China’s rights record, added Irwin.