Is China’s Human Rights Diplomacy Backfiring?

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Uyghur Muslims walk under an arch with security cameras after prayers at the Id Kah Mosque in Kashgar in China's Xinjiang region, during a government-organized trip for foreign journalists, April 19, 2021. © 2021 Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo As international support builds for an investigation into alleged crimes against humanity in the northwest region of Xinjiang, the Chinese government’s insistence that “national sovereignty” should shield it from scrutiny seems increasingly desperate. The government’s repressive policies against Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslim…

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