| Wang Yi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of China and Member of the State Council in Charge of Foreign Affairs (Taking the homepage of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs) © News1 |
As voices of criticism from the international community are growing over the Chinese government’s various repressions against the Xinjiang Uyghurs, the Chinese side said it would welcome a visit to the UN Human Rights Council, denying the oppression of the Uighurs.
According to the Hong Kong South China Morning Post (SCMP), Wang Yi, Chinese Foreign Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Affairs Commissioner Wang Yi, said in a video address from the UN Human Rights Commission held in Geneva on the 22nd (local time), We will welcome your visit.”
At the same time, Wang criticized that the voices of criticism about the growing Uighur repression in the international community were “very inflammatory claims.”
Wang’s remarks came amidst sanctions being announced in each country to stop the Chinese government’s oppression of the Uighurs. Suspicions have been raised that the Chinese government has set up camps in Xinjiang to conduct mental education to reshape their ideology, mobilize the Uyghurs for forced labor, and is not hesitating against religious repression.
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| Cotton Farm in Uighur Autonomous Region in Xinjiang, China © AFP=News1 |
Immediately after taking office, US President Joe Biden voiced opposition to the Chinese government’s oppression of human rights among Uighurs, and on the 16th, he warned China that “the price will be paid for human rights violations.”
Shortly after President Biden’s warning, the US House of Representatives passed the U.S. House of Representatives to ban the import of goods produced in the Uighur Autonomous Region and sanctions Chinese officials involved in the issue.
In addition, the Canadian Parliament passed a resolution on the same day that regulated the Chinese government’s suppression of the Uighurs as’genocide’. They also adopted a revised resolution urging the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to change the location of the Olympic Winter Games in Beijing next year if the massacre of the Uighurs continues.
As if conscious of this pressure, Wang dismissed, “There was never such a thing as massacre, forced labor, or religious oppression. These sensational claims are rooted in ignorance, prejudice, and political agitation.”
It is interpreted that Wang’s welcome to the UN Human Rights Council’s visit to Xinjiang is to show his intentions to prove that there is no repression in Xinjiang.
However, human rights groups said, “Since China prohibits free travel in Xinjiang, citizen interviews, etc., civil activists and journalists could not prove China’s claim that there is no oppression.” Is paying.
Accordingly, the European Union’s head of foreign policy, Joseph Borrell, urged the Chinese government to allow international organizations to independently visit and investigate Xinjiang in a speech to the UN Human Rights Council on the 23rd. “The independent investigation team is a key step to fairly and transparently assess the concerns of the international community about the Xinjiang crackdown,” he explained.
William Nee, research and advocacy coordinator of the China Human Rights Advocacy Association, said, “Wang excuses that there is no crackdown in Xinjiang on various grounds. “No one will accept his claim in “.
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