{"id":680220,"date":"2022-05-27T15:57:28","date_gmt":"2022-05-27T12:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/?p=680220"},"modified":"2022-05-27T15:57:37","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T12:57:37","slug":"un-rights-chief-falls-under-wheels-of-chinas-propaganda-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/2022\/05\/un-rights-chief-falls-under-wheels-of-chinas-propaganda-machine\/","title":{"rendered":"UN rights chief falls under wheels of China&#8217;s propaganda machine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Beijing, May 27 &#8211; <\/i>Beijing&#8217;s propaganda machine has outwitted the UN human rights chief on her visit to China, campaigners say, leaving the envoy accused of playing a role in whitewashing abuses against minorities in Xinjiang.<\/p>\n<p>Michelle Bachelet&#8217;s long-planned trip this week has taken her to the far-western region where Beijing is accused of imprisoning over one million Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities, forcibly sterlising women and running labour camps that fuel global supply chains.<\/p>\n<p>The United States and multiple western lawmakers have labelled the actions a &#8220;genocide&#8221;, allegations vehemently denied by China which says it has only conducted necessary security operations to squash extremism and beef up development.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_679825\" style=\"width: 778px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-679825\" class=\"size-full wp-image-679825\" src=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/4839c32f63ba3885ef2117d37f88e4f19047340d.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"723\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/4839c32f63ba3885ef2117d37f88e4f19047340d.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/4839c32f63ba3885ef2117d37f88e4f19047340d-300x282.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-679825\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Graphic on selected reports on the human rights situation in China&#8217;s Xinjiang region. \u00a9 <b>AFP \/ John SAEKI<\/b><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Bachelet has come under fire from rights groups and Uyghurs overseas, who say she has been suckered into a slickly choreographed Communist Party tour including a conversation with President Xi Jinping later portrayed in state media as a mutual endorsement of China&#8217;s high ideals on rights.<\/p>\n<p>The UN envoy is due to give press briefing late Saturday as her trip ends.<\/p>\n<p>She is expected to be quizzed on her access to Uyghur residents and detention facilities in Xinjiang, giving her a final chance while inside China to address the allegations of abuse.<\/p>\n<p>It is &#8220;as clear as day&#8221; that China has so far used the visit &#8220;to promote its own narrative and defend its poor human rights record&#8221;, said Alkan Akad, a China researcher at Amnesty.<\/p>\n<p>The goal is &#8220;to show the world that it can bend a top UN human rights official &#8212; and thus the very concept of human rights &#8212; to its will,&#8221; said Maya Wang, senior China researcher at Human Rights Watch.<\/p>\n<p>London-based Uyghur activist Rahima Mahmut slammed the visit as &#8220;window dressing&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is not the neutral, independent, unfettered investigation that we were promised,&#8221; she told AFP.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, Beijing was seeking &#8220;a free pass to continue carrying out repression, surveillance, torture and genocide against communities like mine&#8221;, she added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Speak out, or stay away &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Bachelet has been in Xinjiang since Tuesday with her office saying she planned to visit the regional capital Urumqi and the ancient Silk Road city of Kashgar.<\/p>\n<p>Yet the hard details of what she saw and who she met have been largely withheld on a trip carried out in a &#8220;closed loop&#8221; by order of Beijing, ostensibly due to Covid risks.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_680218\" style=\"width: 778px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-680218\" class=\"size-full wp-image-680218\" src=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/3441cdb451009517e579a5e53f3611c545bd8540.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/3441cdb451009517e579a5e53f3611c545bd8540.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/3441cdb451009517e579a5e53f3611c545bd8540-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-680218\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beijing is accused of imprisoning over one million Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in Xinjiang \u00a9 <b>THE VICTIMS OF COMMUNISM MEMORIAL FOUNDATION\/AFP \/ Handout<\/b><\/p><\/div>\n<p>China has filled the information vacuum, with state media running gleeful readouts of meetings between her and Xi as well as foreign minster Wang Yi.<\/p>\n<p>They reported that Bachelet said she &#8220;admired China&#8217;s efforts and achievements in &#8230; protecting human rights&#8221; during the virtual call with Xi.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Bachelet did not confirm whether the reports were accurate when contacted by AFP, instead saying the UN would not publish readouts of bilateral meetings.<\/p>\n<p>A later, hurried &#8220;clarification&#8221; by the UN stopped short of denying that she had praised China&#8217;s rights record. But neither side mentioned Xinjiang in their readouts.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_680219\" style=\"width: 778px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-680219\" class=\"size-full wp-image-680219\" src=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/508394dd9011c367a0dfc53922fc5ab5b6deabd6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/508394dd9011c367a0dfc53922fc5ab5b6deabd6.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/508394dd9011c367a0dfc53922fc5ab5b6deabd6-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-680219\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Many Uyghurs overseas say relatives back in China have disappeared into custody \u00a9 <b>AFP \/ Ozan KOSE<\/b><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Norway-based Uyghur activist Abduweli Ayup said he was &#8220;disappointed&#8221; that Bachelet had appeared to allow Beijing to &#8220;misinterpret&#8221; her words.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They have already used (her) for propaganda,&#8221; he told AFP.<\/p>\n<p>While it is unclear what she was able to see in Xinjiang, Bachelet was presented with a book of Xi&#8217;s quotations on human rights &#8212; images that were circulated widely across Chinese media.<\/p>\n<p>A steady drip-feed of state media articles timed with her visit have also lauded Xinjiang&#8217;s economic development and rising incomes.<\/p>\n<p>China rejects all criticism of its policies in Xinjiang and frequently slams those it deems to have waded into its internal affairs.<\/p>\n<p>Beijing has denied that Bachelet&#8217;s trip is an investigation, saying it is a chance to &#8220;clarify misinformation&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>It is the first trip to China by the UN&#8217;s top rights envoy in 17 years and comes after painstaking negotiations over the parameters of her visit, which the UN says is neither a fact-finding mission nor a probe.<\/p>\n<p>The notion that Beijing would not use the visit to &#8220;put forth its own narrative&#8221; on human rights is &#8220;for the birds&#8221;, said Steve Tsang, director of the SOAS China Institute.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She must have the political courage and integrity to speak out when her words and her visit are being distorted,&#8221; he said. &#8220;If she is not prepared and able to do so, she should not visit.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beijing, May 27 &#8211; Beijing&#8217;s propaganda machine has outwitted the UN human rights chief on her visit to China, campaigners say, leaving the envoy accused of playing a role in whitewashing abuses against minorities in Xinjiang. 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