From Asia Times Online:
International human-rights groups praised the unexpected release after nearly six years of imprisonment of a prominent Uighur businesswoman, but they complained that the timing of her freedom suggested it was more of a public-relations maneuver than a major advance in Beijing’s human-rights performance.
Both Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch (HRW) pointed to the decision by the administration of US President George W Bush, announced shortly after the release, not to table a resolution criticizing China’s human-rights record at the current session of the United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) that got under way this week as evidence of a quid pro quo.
The Washington Post also has an article today about Kadeer’ release.
