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The site clearly has an entire section about Palestine. Unfortunately more than one bad thing can happen at once.
But Palestine has heaps of evidence, this does not. Only anecdotes from questionable sources. They keep harping on about this to try to foment dissent and tear China apart.
They have an entire section of the website dedicated to Palestine. The button is right there at the top. They published two articles about it yesterday. This is the most ridiculous whataboutery I have ever seen
HRW's job is to investigate human rights abuses. Their job is not to only report on well-documented human rights abuses. They investigate to improve the documentation of those cases.
Yes, because Palestine is an undeniable issue that is as obvious as gravity, whereas this Uyghur stuff isn't. Them reporting on a true genocide doesn't stop them from being a western mouthpiece to parrot propaganda against their enemies.
Here's some reading and videos about the Uyghur stuff:
"It's ridiculous that HRW is using interviews with Uyghurs as evidence. Also, here's two interviews with Uyghurs as my evidence."
What is a good source about China?
Alot of the time the west uses Adrian Zenz (who you can read his Wikipedia page on why he is not trustworthy and is doubted even among European academic circles)
Here’s some reading and videos about the Uyghur stuff: