UN Rights Chief’s Visit to Xinjiang Met With Anticipation, Skepticism

May 24, 2022

According to Peter Irwin, a senior program officer at the Washington-based Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP), the nature of the visit will be what the Chinese government dictates.

“But this underscores how critical it will be that the High Commissioner describe these constraints publicly,” Irwin told VOA. “Smiling, happy Uyghurs is what she will get because everyone on the ground understands that a 10-year prison sentence is just one false statement away.”

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