China Slams G7 Statement Criticizing Human Rights Record
Voice of America
15 Jun 2021, 00:35 GMT+10
China has denounced the communique issued Sunday at the end of the G-7 summit that criticized Beijing over its human rights record.
The G-7 statement called on China to respect human rights and fundamental freedoms, especially in relation to Xinjiang, and those rights, freedoms and high degree of autonomy for Hong Kong enshrined in the Sino-British Joint Declaration, referring to the 1997 agreement that switched control of the financial hub from Britain to China.
Beijing is accused of committing serious human rights abuses against the minority Muslim Uyghur minority in Xinjiang, including the detention of more than one million Uyghurs into detention camps, widespread government surveillance and forced birth control.
G7 statement denounced as deliberate slandering By CUI CHAOQUN in London | China Daily | Updated: 2021-06-15 07:27 (From L to R, Front) Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, US President Joe Biden, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, (From L to R, Rear) European Council President Charles Michel, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, stand for a family photo during the Group of Seven (G7) Summit in Carbis Bay, Cornwall, Britain, on June 11, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
China s embassy in the United Kingdom denounced on Monday a joint statement released at the conclusion of the G7 summit on Sunday, saying that the mentions of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region and other regions in China in the meeting s communique distorted facts and constituted deliberate slandering of China.
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European Union leaders reportedly blocked attempts from the United States, Britain, and Canada to call out the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for the use of slave labour in Xinjiang.
EU leaders said that the West should focus on “cooperative” areas with China instead of adversarial elements.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, and European Union leaders Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel opposed efforts to publicly shame the regime in Bejing over forced labour in Xinjiang,
The Timesreported.
The summary of the G7 communiqué failed to mention China, Xinjiang, or Hong Kong at all and the full 25-page report of the summit’s agreements reportedly had a reference to Xinjiang slavery removed despite pushes from the Americans.
This was essential to achieve a global vaccination rate of 70 per cent to “truly end the pandemic”, he said. The G7, which accounts for about 45 per cent of the global economy but also controls big multilateral groups like the World Bank and the IMF, promised to donate just one billion. That’s about one vial of vaccine for every $US42 billion of the G7’s collective GDP. The WHO chief went away disappointed.
And, yes, they talked about climate change. The G7 invited the noted conservationist Sir David Attenborough to the summit: “The question science forces us to address,” he posed, was “whether we are on the verge of destabilising the entire planet?
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