NGOs welcome US human rights report accusing China of continued ‘genocide’ against Uyghurs

April 17, 2022

Peter Irwin, senior programme officer for advocacy and communications at the Uyghur Human Rights Project, described the report as comprehensive. But he also wondered if there could be the opportunity to look at broader trends or to use it as a reference tool to inform the government on policy.  

“Some have suggested that rather that only reporting on specific issues, they look at broader trends. Is there a theme we can pull out of this?” he told The New Arab.

“How will the report be used by the State Department, practically speaking for diplomacy? How can it be used to leverage the government to bring more attention to the issue?” he said. “I think it helps government agencies to come to one place to they can refer to the report.”

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