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Xinjiang Government Believed to Be Behind Social Media Campaign to Deny Human Rights Abuses
On 5/20/21 at 10:30 AM EDT
The Xinjiang government has been publishing a series of videos where Uyghurs denounce former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for his accusations of genocide in the Chinese region and praise the Chinese Communist Party. But there may be evidence that the Xinjiang government is behind the series.
The Associated Press received a text that shows government offices requesting the creation of the videos. The AP was unable to verify the text, but friends of Fridavs Drinov, who sent the text to the AP and is being detained by police, said he received it from a friend who has family in the city of Karamay s government in Xinjiang. Government officials said that they did not create the video series and that the outpouring is spontaneous and genuine.
Monday 29 March 2021 The
International Bar Association (IBA) joins the international community in solidarity with those against whom China’s government has levied asset and visa sanctions. Widely regarded as retaliatory measures by the Chinese authorities, individuals, institutions and organisations, that have been critical of the alleged ill-treatment of Uighur Muslims in the Northern province of Xianjiang in China, have been targeted by China’s government. The imposed restrictions prevent travel to China, freeze assets and ban Chinese citizens and institutions from doing business with anyone on the list.
IBA President Sternford Moyo commented:
‘When the rule of law and human rights are under threat in any part of the world each one of us has the duty to speak out. Sanctions have been imposed by China on those who have done just that. It is ironic that the very voices the Chinese authorities sought to silence have, inadvertently, been amplified because of imposition of