Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – Canadian lawmakers voted on Monday (22/2/2021) to characterize China’s treatment of ethnic Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang as genocide. This concerns reports by human rights groups claiming that China has detained a million Uyghurs in camps, forced them into forced labor, and sterilized women of the ethnic group.
The motion “Uyghurs in China have been and are subject to genocide” was passed unanimously in the Canadian House of Representatives (DPR). Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was also tasked with labeling. The motion also calls for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics to be moved if the “genocide” continues.
The United States had already used the label when Donald Trump came to power in January 2021. Trudeau said on Friday that significant abuses had been reported in Xinjiang and that Canada was consulting its international allies on the use of the term “genocide “in response to the persecution. Uyghurs. .
Meanwhile, Beijing hit back on Tuesday (2/23/2021) by calling the motion a shame. China also calls it a malicious provocation against the 1.4 billion Chinese.
“Canada’s efforts to contain developments in China by passing a motion on Xinjiang will not succeed,” the Chinese Embassy in Ottawa said in a statement. AFP.
The Chinese Embassy has accused Canadian lawmakers of hypocrisy and shamelessness. For using a human rights-based apology to engage in political manipulation in Xinjiang.
Previously, relations between China and Canada had deteriorated since the end of 2018, which began with the arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou in Canada under a US warrant. China later detained two Canadians, former diplomat Michael Kovrig and businessman Michael Spavor, in what Ottawa called retaliation.
In addition, Canada recently joined the United States, Japan, Australia and several European countries on a mission to stop China’s expansion in the South China Sea (SCS). China claims 90% of the land area and has put a strain on it with many countries.
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