Washington: Criticizing China for its persistent violation of human rights of minority communities xinjiangIn Tibet and elsewhere in the country, the US has vowed to work with its allies and the international community to hold Beijing accountable for its heinous acts against its own people.
Welcoming the damaging report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on Xinjiang released on Wednesday, white House Press Secretary Karen Jean-Pierre said it “has increased our serious concern about the ongoing genocide in China and crimes against humanity.”
“The United States welcomes this report – this important report that officially describes the abhorrent human rights treatment of Uighurs and other minority communities by the People’s Republic of China government,” she said during her daily news conference on Thursday. Told.
China’s discriminatory detention of Uighurs and other mostly Muslim ethnic groups in the western region of Xinjiang could be a crime against humanity, the report said.
“Our position on the atrocities in Xinjiang is clearly demonstrated with our words and our actions,” said Jean-Pierre.
Biden He said the administration has taken concrete steps and the president has mobilized allies and partners, including the G7, to ensure that all global supply chains, including Xinjiang, are free from the use of forced labor.
“We will continue to work closely with partners and the international community to hold China accountable, and we call on China to immediately stop these atrocities, release those unjustly detained, be held accountable for missing and Will call on independent investigators to be allowed full and unhindered access to Xinjiang, Tibet and throughout China,” Jean-Pierre said.
In a statement, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the August 31 report from the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights outlines alarming details of human rights violations and abuses taking place in Xinjiang.
He said, “This report deepens our serious concern about the ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity and confirms that PRC government officials are committing crimes against Uighurs, who are predominantly Muslim, and Xinjiang.” members of other ethnic and religious minority groups.”
In Beijing, the Chinese foreign ministry has criticized the much-anticipated report by outgoing UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet, who previously visited Xinjiang after a long diplomatic conflict with Beijing, which strongly opposed its release.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin condemned the report at a media briefing in Beijing on Thursday, saying, “The so-called assessment is well-planned and manufactured by the US and some Western powers. It is completely illegal and null and void.”
Under immense pressure, former Chilean President Bachelet finally brushed off Beijing’s protest and released the report on her last day in office on Wednesday, apparently minutes before she stepped down.
In the report, the allegations of human rights abuses of Xinjiang’s Uighur Muslims as genocide are alleged by the US and Western countries, adding that the allegations may constitute “crimes against humanity”, which Beijing can seriously affect the defense of In resource-rich Xinjiang – home to more than 10 million Turkic-speaking Uighur Muslims, who oppose the massive Han Chinese settlements in the region to reduce their majority status.
It has called for an immediate international response to allegations of torture and other rights violations in Beijing’s campaign to root out terrorism in Xinjiang.
The report said evidence of torture was found in detention camps described by China as vocational training centers and pointed to “unusual” and “coercive” government actions that led to a sharp drop in birth rates in Xinjiang.
It also said that China operated “coercive family planning policies enforced by strict measures, such as fines, referrals and threats of referral”. [Vocational Education and Training Centres] or other detention facilities, in violation of reproductive rights during the period 2017-2019″.
It recommended “immediate action” by the Chinese government, the United Nations and “the international community more broadly” to address the human rights situation in Xinjiang.
In August 2018, a committee of United Nations experts drew attention to a “credible report” that reported that more than 1 million Uighurs and other Muslim minorities in Xinjiang had been “re-educated” and given additional access to education. was placed under house arrest in the camps.
China has repeatedly defended its actions in the troubled region of Xinjiang, saying the move is aimed at deterring the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM), which is reportedly fighting radical organizations such as al-Qaeda and Islamic State. joined.
China has also been accused of campaigning for the sinfulness of Islam, largely meant to bring it into line with the policies of the ruling. Communist Party,
Human rights campaigners say China continues to target activists and their family members in Tibet with harassment, imprisonment and torture. Beijing is accused of harassing supporters of the Dalai Lama, the supreme spiritual leader of Tibet.
China has accused the 87-year-old Dalai Lama of engaging in “separatist” activities.
Welcoming the damaging report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on Xinjiang released on Wednesday, white House Press Secretary Karen Jean-Pierre said it “has increased our serious concern about the ongoing genocide in China and crimes against humanity.”
“The United States welcomes this report – this important report that officially describes the abhorrent human rights treatment of Uighurs and other minority communities by the People’s Republic of China government,” she said during her daily news conference on Thursday. Told.
China’s discriminatory detention of Uighurs and other mostly Muslim ethnic groups in the western region of Xinjiang could be a crime against humanity, the report said.
“Our position on the atrocities in Xinjiang is clearly demonstrated with our words and our actions,” said Jean-Pierre.
Biden He said the administration has taken concrete steps and the president has mobilized allies and partners, including the G7, to ensure that all global supply chains, including Xinjiang, are free from the use of forced labor.
“We will continue to work closely with partners and the international community to hold China accountable, and we call on China to immediately stop these atrocities, release those unjustly detained, be held accountable for missing and Will call on independent investigators to be allowed full and unhindered access to Xinjiang, Tibet and throughout China,” Jean-Pierre said.
In a statement, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the August 31 report from the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights outlines alarming details of human rights violations and abuses taking place in Xinjiang.
He said, “This report deepens our serious concern about the ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity and confirms that PRC government officials are committing crimes against Uighurs, who are predominantly Muslim, and Xinjiang.” members of other ethnic and religious minority groups.”
In Beijing, the Chinese foreign ministry has criticized the much-anticipated report by outgoing UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet, who previously visited Xinjiang after a long diplomatic conflict with Beijing, which strongly opposed its release.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin condemned the report at a media briefing in Beijing on Thursday, saying, “The so-called assessment is well-planned and manufactured by the US and some Western powers. It is completely illegal and null and void.”
Under immense pressure, former Chilean President Bachelet finally brushed off Beijing’s protest and released the report on her last day in office on Wednesday, apparently minutes before she stepped down.
In the report, the allegations of human rights abuses of Xinjiang’s Uighur Muslims as genocide are alleged by the US and Western countries, adding that the allegations may constitute “crimes against humanity”, which Beijing can seriously affect the defense of In resource-rich Xinjiang – home to more than 10 million Turkic-speaking Uighur Muslims, who oppose the massive Han Chinese settlements in the region to reduce their majority status.
It has called for an immediate international response to allegations of torture and other rights violations in Beijing’s campaign to root out terrorism in Xinjiang.
The report said evidence of torture was found in detention camps described by China as vocational training centers and pointed to “unusual” and “coercive” government actions that led to a sharp drop in birth rates in Xinjiang.
It also said that China operated “coercive family planning policies enforced by strict measures, such as fines, referrals and threats of referral”. [Vocational Education and Training Centres] or other detention facilities, in violation of reproductive rights during the period 2017-2019″.
It recommended “immediate action” by the Chinese government, the United Nations and “the international community more broadly” to address the human rights situation in Xinjiang.
In August 2018, a committee of United Nations experts drew attention to a “credible report” that reported that more than 1 million Uighurs and other Muslim minorities in Xinjiang had been “re-educated” and given additional access to education. was placed under house arrest in the camps.
China has repeatedly defended its actions in the troubled region of Xinjiang, saying the move is aimed at deterring the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM), which is reportedly fighting radical organizations such as al-Qaeda and Islamic State. joined.
China has also been accused of campaigning for the sinfulness of Islam, largely meant to bring it into line with the policies of the ruling. Communist Party,
Human rights campaigners say China continues to target activists and their family members in Tibet with harassment, imprisonment and torture. Beijing is accused of harassing supporters of the Dalai Lama, the supreme spiritual leader of Tibet.
China has accused the 87-year-old Dalai Lama of engaging in “separatist” activities.