InterviewExiled Uyghur leader predicts UN debate on Xinjiang next year
OHCHR report awakens previously silent countries, says Dolkun Isa
Dolkun Isa, the leader of the World Uyghur Congress, spoke to Nikkei Asia in Tokyo on Sept. 29. (Photo by Shoichiro Taguchi)
SHOICHIRO TAGUCHI, Nikkei staff writer
October 1, 2022 17:00 JST
TOKYO -- The leader of an organization of exiled Uyghurs believes a turning point will come next year when the U.S., U.K. and other countries table a debate at the U.N. Human Rights Council on treatment of Uyghurs and Muslim minorities in Xinjiang, an autonomous region in western China.