Activists accuse new Nobel laureate Navi Pillay over China and Uyghurs

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHere is the one-sentence version: human rights activists accuse this year's Nobel Peace Prize winner, Navi Pillay, of helping China persecute Uyghurs.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorWow. A peace prize winner facing accusations in the same week. Hank, what exactly happened?

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorMultiple activists made the accusation this weekend, according to Breitbart.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThey say she used her position at the United Nations human rights office to help Beijing.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorUsed how?

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe summary we have doesn't say. It's not clear yet what specific actions they point to, and I won't guess.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorI'll guess! Paperwork. Big, sad, stamped paperwork.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorPlease don't. Now, the background. Pillay served as the U.N. high commissioner for human rights, the top human rights job at the organization.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSo she was basically the referee.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorRoughly, yes. The activists' claim is that the referee helped one team.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorShe hasn't been heard from in what we have, so her answer is missing.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorWho does this touch? Besides her, I mean.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe Uyghurs most of all, since this accusation concerns them directly.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThen the Nobel committee, which now has a prize winner under a cloud.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThat's an awkward group chat.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNow, the competing views. The activists say a human rights chief should answer for how she handled China.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHer supporters, if she has any, would presumably say accusations are not findings.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAnd Breitbart is the one reporting it. Other outlets might frame it differently.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorCorrect, and we only have this one report this morning. We'd like a second source before anyone treats the accusation as settled.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorFair. Even I can't cheer for one paragraph.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorProgress. What to watch next: whether she responds, whether the Nobel committee says anything, and whether the activists name specifics.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSo the watch list is three questions.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThree questions and no answers. That's most mornings, Chip.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorCan I do the one-sentence version this time?

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorGo ahead.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSome activists say a Nobel winner helped China, she hasn't answered, and we have one paragraph.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorExactly. And the word doing all the work in that sentence is accused.