43 countries have expressed concern over the alleged genocide of Uyghur Muslims.
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, XINJIANG – Israel recently withdrew its support for a UN statement condemning China’s human rights violations against Uyghur Muslims, including torture, forced sterilization and enforced disappearances. The 43 signatories to the declaration, including Turkey, Japan, Canada, Germany, the United States and the United Kingdom, expressed particular concern about “credible reports” on the existence of “camps of re-education “in Xinjiang.
according to Israel Times, an Israeli diplomatic official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the government accepted the previous draft resolution, but decided not to support the latest move, to ask China to open up the region Western Xinjiang to independent observers, due to “other interests to balance.” The initiative was read by the French Ambassador to the United Nations, Nicolas De Rivière, at a meeting of the Human Rights Commission. man of the General Assembly.
“We call on China to allow immediate, meaningful and unrestricted access to Xinjiang for independent observers, including the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and its office,” the signatories said.
“We are very concerned about the situation in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.”
The statement cites “credible” information which “demonstrates the existence of a vast network of ‘political re-education’ camps in which over a million people have been arbitrarily detained.”
In response, Chinese Ambassador to the UN Zhang Jun called the comments “baseless accusations” and “lies”. He accused the United States and several other anonymous signatories of “using human rights as a pretext for political maneuvering to provoke confrontation.”
Chinese authorities have defended the development of Xinjiang, claiming that the lives of its people are improving day by day. “Your plot to hinder China’s development will surely fail,” he added.
China is increasingly criticized for its treatment of Uyghur Muslims. In August 2018, the United Nations Human Rights Committee reported that Beijing was detaining nearly a million Uyghur Muslims in secret “re-education” camps in East Turkestan. Many of them returned to their weak families, unable to walk and speak, and showing signs of persecution.
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https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20211026-israel-refuses-to-condemn-chinas-abuse-of-uyghur-muslims/
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