UN Leadership, Member-States Accused of ‘Silence, Fear and Timidity’ Over Xinjiang

The Chinese state’s treatment of minority Muslims in Xinjiang came under scrutiny at an event sponsored by several Western missions to the U.N. on Wednesday, but also in the firing line was the world body itself, with one participant accusing both the U.N. secretariat and its human rights apparatus of “silence, fear and timidity” in the face of pressure from Beijing.