Whenever faced with criticism of its closer economic ties with the People’s Republic of China, the Swiss government always points to the human rights dialogue between the two countries, in which sensitive topics are allegedly also discussed. This dialogue takes place behind closed doors though, so it is not publicly known what exactly gets talked about …
Since Xi Jinping was appointed General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party in 2012, the situation has deteriorated dramatically for Tibetans and Uyghurs in China …
As several NGOs have been saying for years: