UK Introduces Measures to Prevent Complicity in Uyghur Abuse
Britain on Tuesday introduced measures to prevent British organisations from being complicit in the Chinese regime’s human rights violations against Uyghurs.
“The evidence of the scale and severity of the human rights violations being perpetrated in Xinjiang against the Uyghur Muslims is now far reaching,” UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said in a statement.
“Today we are announcing a range of new measures to send a clear message that these violations of human rights are unacceptable, and to safeguard UK businesses and public bodies from any involvement or linkage with them.”
CHINA / SOCIETY By Global Times Published: Jan 13, 2021 01:34 AM
A worker in the Pomegranate Seed Garment Co. in Northwest China s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region agrees to have her photo taken. Photo: Fan Lingzhi/GT
The UK is reportedly set to tighten laws on imports related to China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region for so-called forced labor accusations, an impetuous move that has been made based on untenable “evidence” which will worsen the frosty China-UK ties, analysts said.
UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab was reportedly to make a statement on Tuesday in the House of Commons on the UK government’s response to allegations of “forced labor” in China’s Xinjiang region, The Telegraph reported on Monday.
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In this photo released by China s Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks at a New Year gathering hosted by the Chinese People s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Beijing, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020.
The UK government on Tuesday announced sanctions on sourcing from Chinese businesses in retaliation of the âharrowingâ human rights violations being perpetrated in the Xinjiang province of the country against the Uyghur Muslim minority.
UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said in a House of Commons statement that the United Nations (UN) should be allowed access to the region to review the reports of abuse and meanwhile Britain plans to increase diplomatic pressure on China to stop and to remedy its actions.
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