US bans Chinese government officials from entering the country to crack down on minorities | World
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You we Ban government officials from entering China For their participation in the oppression of ethnic or religious minorities, especially Uyghur Muslims – according to the Americans, the Uyghurs are victims of genocide.
In the statement, the head of US diplomacy, Anthony Blinken, announced the imposition of visa restrictions on officials of the People’s Republic of China. China suspected of being responsible or complicit in policies or actions aimed at repressing religious or spiritual leaders, members of minority ethnic groups, dissidents, human rights defenders, journalists, trade unionists, civil society activists and peaceful demonstrators in China or abroad.
The photo, taken on April 21, 2021, shows smoke and steam rising from towers at the Urumqi Coal-fired Thermal Power Plant in Urumqi, western China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. – Photo: Mark Schiefelbein / AP
The US government has not specified the number of people affected, their identity or their rank. Nor does the memorandum explain the reason for the repressive measures.
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In his statement, Blinken said there were attempts to “harass, intimidate, monitor and abduct” people belonging to Chinese ethnic or religious minorities, “including those seeking asylum abroad and US citizens who advocate on behalf of these vulnerable populations.”
The foreign minister called on the Chinese government to “stop” “trying to silence American Uyghur activists” by refusing exit permits requested by their relatives in the country. China.
Government China He denies the charges.
The defendants say the Chinese minority was sent to political re-education camps – and more than a million Uyghurs, a Muslim minority living in Xinjiang, in the country’s northwest, are said to have been sent to these camps, where they were forced to. to do forced labour.
“We call on the Chinese government to end the genocide and crimes against humanity in Xinjiang, its repressive policies in Tibet, its transformation against fundamental freedoms in Hong Kong and human rights violations, particularly violations of religious freedom, in other parts of the country,” Blinken concluded.
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