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Title: US Condemns China’s Policies in Xinjiang as Genocide at UN Human Rights Council in Geneva
Post by: Elderberry on March 14, 2021, 03:34:00 am

Radio Free Asia 3/12/2021

US Condemns China’s Policies in Xinjiang as Genocide at UN Human Rights Council in Geneva

The United States on Friday slammed China’s harsh treatment of ethnic Uyghurs and other religious minority groups in an address before the U.N. Human Rights Council, describing Beijing’s policies in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) as “genocide.”

“We condemn China’s abuse of members of ethnic and religious minority groups including crimes against humanity and genocide in Xinjiang and severe restrictions in Tibet,” U.S. charge d’affaires Mark Cassayre told the Geneva-based U.N. rights body.

Cassayre’s comments followed a call on Wednesday by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken for China to allow international monitors to probe reports of abuses in the XUAR, where authorities are believed to have held up to 1.8 million Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in a vast network of internment camps since early 2017.

Reports suggest the camps in Xinjiang are used as punishment for signs of “extremism” that authorities say include practicing basic forms of Islam, adhering to cultural traditions, and violating strict family-planning policies.

More: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/condemns-03122021185043.html (https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/condemns-03122021185043.html)

Title: Re: US Condemns China’s Policies in Xinjiang as Genocide at UN Human Rights Council in Geneva
Post by: libertasbella on March 14, 2021, 04:57:14 pm

Sounds like a great source of new Democrat voters just waiting to be imported.