Germany continues to raise concerns over human rights of the Uyghurs and demands that China close the detention camps in Xinjiang
Published: 20 October 2020 Author: Stefan Talmon
At least since 2018, Germany has repeatedly expressed concern over the human rights situation in Xinjiang, which has triggered strong rebukes from China. However, this did not prevent Germany from continuing to raise the human rights situation in China’s autonomous region in various UN bodies throughout 2020. On 30 June 2020, Germany signed up to a joint statement by 28 mainly western States at the 44th session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) which read in the relevant part: (more…)