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UN Uighur report: a piece on the geopolitical chessboard
While the report condemns the alleged use of mandatory detention and education centres, it also contradicts earlier claims of a 'genocide' taking place — but China has already hit back with its own rebuttal, writes MARC VANDEPITTE
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As Labour mimics Tory welfare cuts while ignoring crumbling schools, educators must collectively resist the government's priorities and fight for an inclusive, creative system that values all children, writes NEU president SARAH KILPATRICK
Although our sector is hearing better things from the current government, the recognition that what we do is education in its own right, rather than just childcare, is still not reflected in policy, writes LUCY COLEMAN
IT has been a long time coming, but finally the UN Human Rights Committee (OHCHR) report on the treatment of the Uighurs, a Muslim ethnic group in Xinjiang, an autonomous region in western China, has been released.
There is a great deal of controversy about this population group. Western countries in particular accuse China of “cultural genocide,” while countries in the global South, including several leading Muslim countries, view it completely differently. For example, at the Organisation of Islamic Co-operation summit in Pakistan in March 2022, China was invited as the guest of honour.
In the past, a lot of fake news about the Uighurs has been produced. That should come as no surprise. From the West, China is increasingly under fire. The use of human rights allegations is a tried and tested means of pushing countries into a corner and provoking hostile public opinion.
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