UN expert slammed over $200,000 contribution from China

Geneva (AFP) May 19, 2022

A watchdog said Thursday an independent UN expert took a large payment from Beijing, alleging that she helped China "whitewash" its treatment of the Uyghur minority and demanding she return the money. Alena Douhan, the United Nations special rapporteur focused on the negative impact of unilateral sanctions, received a $200,000-contribution from Beijing in 2021, Geneva-based rights group UN W