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Letâs put human rights before money and trade
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April 22, 2021 â 12.02am
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Letâs put human rights before money and trade
Human Rights Watch and Stanford Law School accuse the Chinese government of committing crimes against humanity in its systematic persecution and incarceration of 1million Uighurs in Xinjiang (The Age, 20/4). How long can our government treat this as a side issue in its pursuit of trade and financial gain? If the Uighurs were Jewish, not Muslim, would this alter our governmentâs views on our relationship with China? Perhaps, though, the lessons of pre-World War II Germany have not been learnt by a Coalition government which clearly places no value in the humanities.