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No habrá ni visita ni informe de la ONU sobre Xinjiang antes de los JJOO de Pekín
No está previsto que la alta Comisionada de las ONU para los Derechos Humanos, Michelle Bachelet, visite China antes los Juegos Olímpicos de Invierno de Pekín y tampoco será publicado un esperado informe sobre Xinjiang, anunció el viernes su portavoz.
Bachelet pide desde hace años a Pekín "un acceso que sea significativo y sin obstáculos" a la región de Xinjiang, una zona que cristaliza las tensiones entre China y los países occidentales.
Varias organizaciones de derechos humanos denuncian que al menos un millón de uigures y de otras minorías, en su mayoría musulmanes, están encarcelados en campamentos en esta región del noroeste de China.
Pekín sostiene que estos campos son centros de formación profesional para aplacar la amenaza del "terrorismo" o el extremismo después de que se produjeran varios ataques mortales atribuidos a islamistas o a separatistas uigures.
El informe sobre Xinjiang, que Bachelet publicará independientemente de si se concreta su visita a China, es muy esperado por los países occidentales y por oenegés, que piden que la alta comisaria endurezca el tono frente a Pekín.
"Siguen las discusiones sobre una posible visita en el primer semestre de este año, pero está claro que ésta no tendrá lugar antes de los Juegos Olímpicos", previstos entre el 4 y el 20 de febrero, declaró a la prensa el portavoz, Rupert Colville.
El funcionario indicó que el informe está en sus últimas etapas antes de ser terminado, tras lo cual será transmitido a Pekín, como estipula el reglamento, para incorporar comentarios y luego será publicado.
W.Lapointe--BTB