Over 300 NGOs urge UN to probe China rights abuses

More than 300 rights groups and other organisations called on the UN yesterday to launch an international investigation into Beijing's human rights abuses, demanding "decisive action". In an open letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet as well as to member states, the 321 civil society groups called for urgent actions over rights violations in Hong Kong, Tibet and against the majority-Muslim Uighurs in Xinjiang, as well as suppression of vital information in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, and attacks on rights defenders, journalists, lawyers and government critics across the country.