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New documents from Xinjiang incriminate Chinese government

A protester marches in Munich against the Chinese internment camps in Xinjiang
As the UN Commissioner for Human Rights visits China, a consortium of international media publishes new documents on massive human rights crimes in Xinjiang. The Xinjiang Police Files reveal the direct involvement of the Communist Party’s innermost circle of power in the brutal internment of millions of Uyghurs. There are already calls for further sanctions.
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Marcel Grzanna
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To mark the visit of UN Human Rights Commissioner Michelle Bachelet, the Chinese hosts came up with a particularly subtle gift. Foreign Minister Wang Yi presented Bachelet with an English copy of Head of State Xi Jinping’s “Respecting and Protecting Human Rights” – a collection of speeches and essays by the Party leader. The media-staged handover, which the foreign office boldly broadcast to the world via social media, received a highly cynical footnote just a few hours later.

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