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Chinese authorities accused of intimidating Uyghurs in Australia

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China is letting its domestic Uyghur population know that leaving the country is a prison/detainment camp sentence for their immediate family. If this sounds like the exact method that North Korea uses to try and stop defectors, that's because it is.

Though the direct intimidation may only be reported in Australia at the moment, the general atmosphere of intimidation is worldwide. Anecdatally, I have met Uyghurs in America that have been warned by their families not to return to Xinjiang and participate in the mentioned obligatory police station visit.

To me the most distressing thing about this is I still regularly see non-Chinese-citizens actively denying the treatment of Uyghurs in China. It's obviously impossible to know the exact facts of what's going on in there, since they won't let inspectors in - and it's likely that propaganda from China's enemies makes it into some reports... but it's impossible to deny the vile stuff we see in video reports, news reports, courtroom testimony, and even google maps images.

It really makes me wonder whether the victims in China will ever get help if even foreigners refuse to admit that people need help.

> It really makes me wonder whether the victims in China will ever get help if even foreigners refuse to admit that people need help.

The only way there’s going to be any let up is if it becomes a major political issue all over the Muslim world, like it’s showing some signs of in Turkey and Malaysia.

How can China get away with this? Why can't United Nations do anything about Uyghur concentration camps?

> Why can't United Nations do anything about

What authority do you think the UN has? It's basically a social club.

It's a place for the governments of the world to talk and resolve any issue before it becomes a war.

That looks exactly like a social club. And yes, it's toothless by design. But it's not useless.

> Why can't United Nations do anything about Uyghur concentration camps?

Because there's only one part of the UN that has real teeth, even in the case of human rights abuses - the Security Council. Guess who holds a permanent seat at the Security Council, and can veto any of their decisions?

The UN is currently trying to get people on the ground to investigate. [1] Whether they can do anything about it is another story entirely.

[1] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-xinjiang-un/bachele...

I read from the article UN is still seeking access to China. That sounds dumb. I mean we're talking about concentration camps here. Didn't Nazis teach us any lesson

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