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“COMPLICIT IN GENOCIDE”: U.N. Whistleblower Denounces Nobel Winner Navi Pillay For Betraying China's Uyghurs A U.N. whistleblower today accused today's Nobel peace prize laureate of being “complicit in genocide.” Emma Reilly, a human rights lawyer who worked under Navi Pillay, alleges that under her leadership the U.N. human rights office handed dissidents’ names to China, and ignored her warnings about the danger to them and their families. “Unfortunately, the winner is an absolute disgrace,” said Emma Reilly,” and accused her of being “quite literally complicit in the Uyghur genocide. If she didn't have diplomatic immunity, three victims would have sued her.” “How much has China subverted human rights? Well, Navi Pillay just got the Nobel Peace Prize. The same Navi Pillay who was High Commissioner when I first reported the UN handing names of dissidents to China. Her response? Bring her a different chair, she was uncomfortable.” “Navi Pillay oversaw the communication of names of over 50 dissidents to China. Families of the dissidents testified in court.” “They testified, under oath, to their family members being intimidated, arbitrarily detained, tortured, disappeared, and even killed in concentration camps. This is an absolute travesty of 'peace.' “All staffers [of Pillay] who directly handed over names were promoted... I was fired for speaking up.” More: https://t.co/EWIN3MGKqy