Who Are The Chinese Uighurs?
Taking a final action on China, the Trump administration, in its last days, has officially declared that the Communist government is committing genocide and crimes against humanity through its wide-scale repression of Uighurs and other Muslim ethnic minorities residing in the country s northwestern region of Xinjiang.
Even though the move is expected to have no immediate effect on China, it is likely to further strain relations between the United States and China and prompt tough action under the new Biden administration as well as from other nations.
A perimeter fence is constructed around what is officially known as a vocational skills education centre in Dabancheng in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China. (File photo)Courtesy: Reuters
The Trump administration has determined that China has committed "genocide and crimes against humanity" in its repression of Uighur Muslims in its Xinjiang region, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday, delivering an embarrassing blow to Beijing a day before U.S. president-elect Joe Biden is to take office.
English By Henry Ridgwell Share on Facebook Print this page LONDON - The Chinese Communist party has intensified an assault on all human rights throughout China, and those interacting with the regime should do so in the knowledge they are interacting with a criminal state , says a new report from the human rights commission of Britain’s ruling Conservative Party.
From the incarceration of millions of ethnic Uighurs in Xinjiang province, to the brutal crackdown on protests and democracy in Hong Kong, there has been a massive deterioration in the human rights situation in China the past five years, according to the author of the report, Benedict Rogers, co-founder of the commission.