NEW YORK—When international human rights leaders held a panel adjacent to the United Nations General Assembly to discuss the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) crimes against humanity in their treatment of Uyghurs and other minorities, they knew Beijing was taking note. The weekend ahead of the Sept. 19 panel, the Permanent Mission of the People’s Republic of China to the U.N. sent a letter to potential attendees, blasting the event as “anti-China” slander and based on “conspiracies” and strongly recommending member states not attend. “It’s essentially confirming that it’s got a lot to hide, and it knows it,” said Sophie Richardson, China director of Human Rights Watch, at the event....Read more https://www.theepochtimes.com/china/ccps-persecution-forced-labor-of-uyghurs-in-xinjiang-demands-attention-action-human-rights-leaders-5494568