Interpol's General Assembly voted last week to elect a senior Chinese public security official, Hu Binchen, to serve on the international police organization's 13-member Executive Committee. The election results have prompted strong condemnation from human rights activists and legislators around the world who fear that Hu's election will enable Beijing to leverage Interpol's resources to target Chinese political dissidents.

The Chinese government's violent oppression of the primarily Uyghur Muslim population in Xinjiang is no longer a secret. From forced sterilization of Uyghur women to the internment of millions in prison camps to the eradication and destruction of religious institutions, the Chinese Communist Party's actions against the Uyghurs have been deemed worthy of the name genocide to many in the human rights community.