China’s Jiang Duan Praising Dictatorships, Attacking Democracies

As UN Watch reported, China was appointed to a U.N. Human Rights Council panel that will select the world body’s monitors on health, freedom of speech, arbitrary detention and enforced disappearances. UN Watch tweets sparked a firestorm, and thousands are signing the petition to remove China. Below are some of the prior speeches by Jiang Duan, who will be China’a representative on this influential UNHRC panel. China’s Jiang Duan Justifies Repression in Xinjiang UNHRC, February 28, 2019 Mr. President, the references made by Turkey, the UK, Australia, and EU about Xinjiang in the…

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