The West sheds still more crocodile tears for Xinjiang
On April 8, a Christian Chinese national who spent 10 months in a Xinjiang detention camp arrived in the US from China. On April 12, US media outlet Axios reported that fact.
Ovalbek Turdakun and his wife and child, said the Axios exclusive, had been able to get to the United States, after months of behind-the-scenes lobbying by American lawmakers, human rights activists, and international lawyers.
It’s considered a hugely significant development, with Axios noting that Mr Ovalbek “will provide evidence that international human rights lawyers say is vital to the case they submitted to the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor arguing that China has committed crimes against humanity in Xinjiang.” Axios went on to describe “the big picture” as follows: “Ovalbek is a unique witness to Chinese government repression in Xinjiang, according to international lawyers, said US officials and others with knowledge of the case.”
An ethnic Kyrgyz, h…
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