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Women and girls in Afghanistan are facing a human rights crisis. It is imperative that States at the UN Human Rights Council convene an urgent debate to respond to the situation with the gravity it demands ishr.ch/latest-updates #HRC50 #freeherface

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HRC50: Call for Urgent Debate on women’s rights crisis in Afghanistan

1 June 2022 Excellencies, We, the undersigned civil society organisations, urge you to call for and support an urgent debate at the 50th session of the UN Human Rights Council regarding the women’s…

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🚨🚨: “It must now be tabled at the Human Rights Council, where member states should push hard for investigation.” ⁦

@guardian

⁩ view on the #UN and #Xinjiang: no one can say they don’t know ⁦

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The Guardian view on the UN and Xinjiang: no one can say they don’t know | Editorial

Editorial: The long-delayed report from the office of the human rights commissioner puts an official stamp on the evidence of shameful abuses against Uyghurs

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This is historic: first ever UN human rights report on a major power from the Security Council ‘P5’, despite China’s tremendous pressure to bury it. In it,

@UNHumanRights

finds that China's actions against Uyghurs may amount to crimes against humanity. A 🧵 for more context: 1/

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ISHR

@ISHRglobal

· Sep 1

@UNHumanRights’s landmark report finds that China may have committed crimes against humanity

ISHR calls on @UN_HRC to hold a formal discussion on China's human rights crisis. Victims have waited too long: it is time for global action. ishr.ch/latest-updates

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’s landmark report finds that China may have committed crimes against humanity 🇨🇳 📣ISHR calls on

@UN_HRC

to hold a formal discussion on China's human rights crisis. Victims have waited too long: it is time for global action.

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UN Human Rights Office publish Xinjiang report

Historic UN report provides momentum to address grave violations against Uyghurs in China

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In June, 42 UN experts reiterated a previous call for ‘decisive measures to protect fundamental freedoms in China’. They urged

@UN_HRC

to establish an ‘impartial and independent UN mechanism’ to monitor and report on China's human rights situation. 4/

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China must address grave human rights concerns and enable credible international investigation: UN...

GENEVA (10 June 2022) – Ahead of the 50th session of the Human Rights Council, a group of UN experts* today urged the Government of China to cooperate fully with the UN human rights system and grant...

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Faced with overwhelming evidence of mass arbitrary detention, torture and discrimination, States must now respond to hold the Chinese authorities accountable, including by adopting a UN Human Rights Council resolution to establish a monitoring and accountability mechanism #HRC51

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Following extensive investigation and analysis, and despite huge pressure from Chinese authorities,

@UNHumanRights

has finally published its assessment on the situation in #Xinjiang, finding China responsible for possible crimes against humanity

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UN Human Rights Office publish Xinjiang report

Historic UN report provides momentum to address grave violations against Uyghurs in China

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New UN report: Xi Jinping regime has committed abuses that may amount to crimes against humanity in Xinjiang. Next: - Full investigation by UN Human Right Council - Sanctions against key officials - Bans on forced labor products - Full accountability hrw.org/news/2022/08/3

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We can breath a sigh of relief. Now let’s focus on the next steps: a full investigation by the UN Human Right Council; Sanctions against Chinese officials; Bans on forced labor products. Full accountability, no matter how hard and how long it will take.

hrw.org

China: New UN Report Alleges Crimes Against Humanity

A groundbreaking United Nations report published on August 31, 2022, says the Chinese government has committed abuses that may amount to crimes against humanity targeting Uyghurs and other Turkic...

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It concludes a long process of waiting... and opens another one, where

@ISHRglobal

urges: ➡️

@UN_HRC

to hold a formal discussion on China’s human rights crisis broadly ➡️States to initiate & support efforts to create a UN monitoring mechanism on China 👉ishr.ch/latest-updates

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William Yang

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· Sep 1

The release of the UN's #Xinjiang report concludes a painfully long period of waiting, especially for the #Uyghurs and other minorities who have been directly affected by the crisis. Despite the delayed release of the report, the evidence cited in the report and ...

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report on #Xinjiang: “The UN human rights chief for the first time lays bare the Chinese government’s grave abuses and concludes they may amount to crimes against humanity.” It’s time for UN member states to act. hrw.org/news/2022/08/3

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Five minutes to midnight. At last

@UNHumanRights

@mbachelet

releases long delayed #China report. Tucked away in para 148 is conclusion that detention of #Uyghurs may ‘constitute crimes against humanity.’

bbc.co.uk

Claims of torture of China Uyghurs are credible - UN

The UN accuses China of "serious human rights violations" in a long-awaited report into allegations of human rights abuses in the Xinjiang.

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Why was Beijing so determined to quash Bachelet's UN report on its persecution of Uyghurs in Xinjiang. Because she found it "may constitute international crimes, in particular crimes against humanity." chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/ohchr.org/sites/default/

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Faced with overwhelming evidence of mass arbitrary detention, torture and discrimination, States must now respond to hold the Chinese authorities accountable, including by adopting a UN Human Rights Council resolution to establish a monitoring and accountability mechanism #HRC51

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Following extensive investigation and analysis, and despite huge pressure from Chinese authorities,

@UNHumanRights

has finally published its assessment on the situation in #Xinjiang, finding China responsible for possible crimes against humanity

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UN Human Rights Office publish Xinjiang report

Historic UN report provides momentum to address grave violations against Uyghurs in China

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Minutes before the end of

@mbachelet

's mandate,

@UNHumanRights

released a long-awaited report highlighting ‘serious human rights violations’ in #Xinjiang.

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UN Human Rights Office publish Xinjiang report

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For

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there’s a deadline too - it’s called ‘keep your promise, do your job, fulfill your mandate & salvage your legacy’. Whatever else she may have achieved as High Commissioner, her failure to responsibly address human rights in China defines her term

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Rayhan E. Asat

@RayhanAsat

· Aug 30

In her recent interview, @mbachelet says, "There's no deadline to release the #Uyghur report." For the victims of state terror and repression, there's a deadline, it's called "survival." Starved and tortured, everyday they are horrified if they can survive concentration camps.

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"Members of the UN Human Rights Council, as well as countries that have explicitly feminist foreign policies, such as Canada, France, Germany, and Sweden, have done little more than make statements of condemnation. The same is true for leaders in the Islamic world."

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Shaharzad Akbar

@ShaharzadAkbar

· Aug 30

Afghanistan's women are on their own. In the past year, we have seen incredible courage from Afghan women. I write for @ForeignAffairs on timid international response to Taliban on women's rights & how we need to reasses our assumptions foreignaffairs.com/afghanistan/af

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To mark #DayofheDisappeared, tomorrow we'll feature stories about #defenders in #China - individuals whose work to promote #humanrights made them targets for repression.

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Thinking we might need to get the band back together,

@ImogenFoulkes

, to discuss this grim additional insult to #Uyghurs injury.

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Had such a response to the coverage of @UNHumanRights @mbachelet delay on the #China report I thought you all might like to know #InsideGeneva podcast looked in-depth at what her visit to China might bring. A taster and link to full podcast here: twitter.com/swissinfo_en/s

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Had such a response to the coverage of

@UNHumanRights

@mbachelet

delay on the #China report I thought you all might like to know #InsideGeneva podcast looked in-depth at what her visit to China might bring. A taster and link to full podcast here:

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@swissinfo_en

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The @UNHumanRights will visit China, but can it get an accurate picture of the situation? Join host @ImogenFoulkes on the Inside Geneva #podcast with guests @SophieHRW of @hrw, @PhilALynch of @ISHRglobal, and Nick Cumming-Bruce of @nytimes. Listen: s.swissin.fo/bOMBMvj

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@mi_langrand

gives a balanced assessment of her hits and misses in

@GenevaSolutions

genevasolutions.news

As Bachelet takes a bow, what did the UN rights chief accomplish? - Geneva Solutions

Michelle Bachelet will step down on 31 August as UN high commissioner for human rights after four years marked by unprecedented human rights crises and multilateral relations reaching an all-time...

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Xinjiang Victims Database

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· Aug 25

There are over 1000 documented elderly victims who are serving prison terms (potential death sentences): shahit.biz/exportpdf.php? Name: Hejer Hebibullah Age: 57 Status: sentenced to 5 years shahit.biz/?v=11114

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Phil Lynch

@PhilALynch

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Dialogue and cooperation are important and legitimate ways to advance human rights where there's political will. But where violations are widespread and part of government policy, then even more vital are

@UNHumanRights

monitoring, reporting and accountability functions.

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ISHR

@ISHRglobal

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As @UNHumanRights chief @mbachelet enters the final days of her term, @mi_langrand gives a balanced assessment of her hits and misses in @GenevaSolutions genevasolutions.news/global-news/as

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Soon, UN member States will elect 14 new members to the Human Rights Council. They should vote with membership criteria in mind, not in exchange for favors or political influence. We call on them to elect only the candidates most committed to human rights. #HRCelections2022

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UN Human Rights Chief

@mbachelet

says she has faced “tremendous pressure” to publish, and not publish, her report into #humanrights in Xinjiang, #China. But there is no equivalence between victims needing justice, and those who want to cover up their crimes. Please publish.

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When asked about pressure,

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says she's 'under tremendous pressure from all sides'. Guess which side she's decided to ignore over the past four years: that of Uyghur, Tibetan, Hong Kong, Chinese victims.

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@fbermingham

· Aug 25

In press conference in Geneva today, Bachelet said: "I had fully intended for it to be released before the end of my mandate, and now we have received substantial input from the govt that we will need to carefully review as we do every time with any report with any countries"

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At end-of-mandate press conference, when asked if she intends to honour her pledge to release her #Xinjiang report before leaving office,

@UNHumanRights

chief

@mbachelet

replies "we're trying." Try harder! Anything less would be a disgrace to her office and a betrayal of victims.

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A safe, open operating environment for independent civil society and human rights organisations should be a core minimum condition for hosting #COP27 or any other major international event.

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Ruth Michaelson

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· Aug 24

Five leading Egyptian NGOs say they've been shut out of attending the COP27 summit later this year by the Egyptian government. All have a record of work criticising the Egyptian government's human rights record - my piece for @guardian theguardian.com/environment/20

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This 'all sides' or 'both sides' narrative is nonsense. This isn't some political or ideological dispute. It's about victims, their representatives and allies seeking justice and perpetrators seeking to avoid accountability for gross human rights violations.

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William Yang

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· Aug 25

“We are always under pressure … from all sides,” Bachelet said.

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August 30 is the International Day of Victims of Enforced Disappearance #DayoftheDisappeared. To learn more, see un.org/en/observances . and follow us and

@ISHR_Chinese

as we mark this important day.

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Regrettably, lack of genuine engagement and solidarity with human rights defenders in a range of contexts was a characteristic of

@mbachelet

's term. Rebuilding a relationship of trust and confidence with defenders and victims must be a priority for the next High Commissioner.

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UN Human Rights

@UNHumanRights

· Aug 25

During my 4 years as High Commissioner, I had the privilege of speaking to so many courageous, spirited, extraordinary #HumanRights defenders

– UN Human Rights Chief @mbachelet pays tribute to them in last press conference before ending her mandate.

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This year, #Russia slammed the door at the Council of Europe & refused twice to appear at the UN Human Rights Committee. #HRC51 should fill the gap, establish a Special Rapporteur on Russia. Russian rights defenders count on your support. #SR4RU humanrightshouse.org/statements/rus

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At time of higher repression, is it OK that #Russia left Council of Europe & evaded its review by UN Human Rights Committee? Russian human rights defenders need more support. Your government can help: Create a Special Rapporteur on Russia at #HRC51. #SR4RU opendemocracy.net/en/odr/russia-

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"Why this Chinese-Australian feels unsafe after speaking out about China's treatment of Uyghurs" No one in #Australia should feel unsafe calling out human rights abuses Important piece by

@tomcanetti

about the treatment of

@xu_xiuzhong

& others

@hrw

sbs.com.au

'Harassing, targeting and intimidating': Is Australia a safe place for critics of the Chinese...

Vicky Xu says human rights activists and critics of the Chinese government in Australia are being harassed and intimidated.

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Taliban leaders should not be able to travel freely when Afghan women are imprisoned in their homes. Do not extend the waivers. As illustrated during the pandemic, “engagement” does not require travel. Let’s hold Taliban accountable for imposing a gender apartheid.

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Mariam Safi

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· Aug 24

Thank you @irishmissionun for hearing the demands of #AfghanWomen & CSOs to end the travel ban WAIVERS for Taliban officials! WPS champions pls support this call:@SwedenUN @NorwayUN @UKUN_NewYork @USUN @CanadaUN @SerajMahbouba @Fawziakoofi77 @MaryAkrami @ShaharzadAkbar twitter.com/amandaruthpric…

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#Russia's crackdown on anti-war voices has eradicated civil society, independent media & the right to peaceful protest. #HRC51 members should create a Special Rapporteur on Russia to serve as a bridge for independent voices. Your support is needed. humanrightshouse.org/statements/rus

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One of the best early career positions at Human Rights Watch is now open for applications: our annual fellowship for recent graduates with advanced degrees (e.g. Masters, LL.B, LL.M, PhD) from anywhere in the world🌍🌏🌎: boards.greenhouse.io/humanrightswat #humanrightsjobs

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BIG THINGS COMING! The #UN Antiracism Coalition (UNARC) is launching its new website next week! 🚀🚀🚀 Stay tuned! unarc.org

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