COP26 Is Silent on Human Rights in China

November 9, 2021

To many Uyghurs and Tibetans in exile, a July letter sent by several climate, environmental, and anti-war organizations to the Biden administration confirmed their worst suspicions—that the climate and environmental movement did not care about them or their causes.

“That made us upset,” said Omer Kanat, director of the Uyghur Human Rights Project. “We felt they were sacrificing Uyghurs to convince China to come to the table for climate change.”

Read the full article: https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/11/09/china-human-rights-cop26-climate-change-uyghurs-tibet-hong-kong-xinjiang/