Press conference: Human Rights Council should investigate China’s mass detentions in Xinjiang: a call to action
The Geneva Press Club - Club suisse de la Presse, in collaboration with Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, the World Uyghur Congress and the International Service for Human Rights, has the pleasure to invite the international press, the Swiss press and its members to this press conference on
Monday 4 February 2019
10:00
« La Pastorale » Route de Ferney 106, Geneva
(Bus 5 - Direction : Aéroport - Arrêt : Intercontinental)
Over recent months, UN officials, human rights organisations, and independent journalists have painted an alarming picture of the sweeping arbitrary detentions of Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang, a region in northwestern China.
Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, the World Uyghur Congress and the International Service for Human Rights call on the United Nations Human Rights Council to urgently adopt a resolution establishing an international fact-finding mission to investigate credible allegations that up to one million Turkic Muslims are being arbitrarily detained in “re-education” camps across China’s Xinjiang region.
Speakers:
- Ken Roth, Executive Director, Human Rights Watch
- Sophie Richardson, China Director, Human Rights Watch
- Kumi Naidoo, Secretary General, Amnesty International (video message)
- Michael Ineichen, Programme Director, International Service for Human Rights
- Sarah M. Brooks, Asia Advocate, International Service for Human Rights
- Dolkun Issa, Representative for the World Uyghur Congress (live video)
Photo: ISHR