Whistleblower: UN actively passing names of Uighur dissidents to Chinese regime (opens in new tab)

(i24news.tv)

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sudosysgen5y ago· 3 in thread

This is misleading. The UN was responding to China asking if this or that person would be present in this or that event. The people concerned were outside of China and already known to China, and their presence at any event wasn't a secret.

The UN said that they did so for other countries so.

i24news.tv does not seem like a reliable website for the claim in the title, which is probably why they don't substantiate them.

rbeckerOP5y ago

The whistleblower claims otherwise - that providing that information did endanger the speakers or their families. i24news is also not the only one reporting on this:

https://twitter.com/LBC/status/1322928964273348610 (Official twitter account of LBC news: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LBC_News)

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1292510/un-human-rights...

https://www.foxnews.com/world/un-human-rights-office-china-d...

sudosysgen5y ago

I mean, that's literally not what the article says. The article says that she claims that China asks if someone is going to be present at some (public) events, and that the UN confirms or denies.

I don't understand how that can endanger someone moreso than them going to a public event, and the UN claims this is done for other countries too.

Also, the two sources you've given me are a tabloid, and Fox News. They are not anymore credible.

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yorwba5y ago

Yeah, the kinds of Uyghur organizations likely to lobby at the UN aren't trying to keep secret who their representatives are. E.g. you can just check the World Uyghur Congress' website https://www.uyghurcongress.org/en/steering-committee/ to get a list of names the Chinese government might be interested in.

Spare_account5y ago· 2 in thread

I don't think I've ever seen another HN post where every single comment was downvoted before. I know it's not the done thing to discuss downvotes here but it struck me as interesting given the subject matter of the article.

0-_-05y ago

I've seen it only once before, also on an artice critical of China.

Spare_account5y ago

Order has mostly been restored now, I wonder if that was users upvoting things again or moderation of some sort.

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rbeckerOP5y ago

In the video, the whistleblower also claims the UN argued in court that it has a right to lie about these activites to its member states.

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8 comments · 3 top-level

sudosysgen5y ago· 3 in thread

The UN said that they did so for other countries so.

i24news.tv does not seem like a reliable website for the claim in the title, which is probably why they don't substantiate them.

rbeckerOP5y ago

The whistleblower claims otherwise - that providing that information did endanger the speakers or their families. i24news is also not the only one reporting on this:

https://twitter.com/LBC/status/1322928964273348610 (Official twitter account of LBC news: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LBC_News)

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1292510/un-human-rights...

https://www.foxnews.com/world/un-human-rights-office-china-d...

sudosysgen5y ago

I mean, that's literally not what the article says. The article says that she claims that China asks if someone is going to be present at some (public) events, and that the UN confirms or denies.

I don't understand how that can endanger someone moreso than them going to a public event, and the UN claims this is done for other countries too.

Also, the two sources you've given me are a tabloid, and Fox News. They are not anymore credible.

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yorwba5y ago

Spare_account5y ago· 2 in thread

0-_-05y ago

I've seen it only once before, also on an artice critical of China.

Spare_account5y ago

Order has mostly been restored now, I wonder if that was users upvoting things again or moderation of some sort.

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rbeckerOP5y ago

In the video, the whistleblower also claims the UN argued in court that it has a right to lie about these activites to its member states.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse