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Some observations about the UN Xinjiang report: 🧵
— Adrian Zenz (@adrianzenz) September 1, 2022
1. The report's main method is to use China's own government documents to prove the rights violations. A secondary method is 40 victim interviews. The tone is conservative, the method clearly documented.https://t.co/XeaHR1ehCX pic.twitter.com/b4Ilta2L5f
The report does have shortcomings – comparatively short and weak sections on forced labor and birth prevention. (The report's strongest sections are on internment and religious freedom).
— Adrian Zenz (@adrianzenz) September 1, 2022
But its overall cautious and methodical approach makes the report very hard to refute.
Among these internal documents are the:
— Adrian Zenz (@adrianzenz) September 1, 2022
– Xinjiang papers (mentioned 4 times)
– China Cables (7 times)
– Karakax List (4 times)
– Urumqi police database (2 times)
– Xinjiang Police Files (13 times)
Their extensive use lends added credibility to them for use in other contexts.
3. Beijing's responses don't seem to have impacted the report negatively. Mostly, they are appropriately woven into the report (often in footnotes), and importantly, the report doesn't indiscriminately repeat Beijing's accusations and whitewashing.
— Adrian Zenz (@adrianzenz) September 1, 2022
— simonthong aka kitty poo (@KittyPo80176717) September 1, 2022
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🔥 UN’s human rights office accused China of actions that “may constitute international crimes, in particular crimes against humanity,” in its mass detention of Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim groups in its far western region of Xinjiang.
— Byron Wan (@Byron_Wan) August 31, 2022
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— simonthong aka kitty poo (@KittyPo80176717) August 31, 2022
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— simonthong aka kitty poo (@KittyPo80176717) August 31, 2022
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BREAKING: long-awaited UN report on Xinjiang concludes that "serious human rights violations have been committed".
— Adrian Zenz (@adrianzenz) August 31, 2022
"Allegations of patterns of torture or ill-treatment …are credible, as are allegations of individual incidents of sexual… violence."https://t.co/XeaHR1ehCX pic.twitter.com/QUwil6bnPT
Report concludes that Beijing's actions in Xinjiang (especially detentions) "may constitute international crimes, in particular crimes against humanity"
— Adrian Zenz (@adrianzenz) August 31, 2022
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