Chinese Authorities have criticized the law, signed by the President of the United States Donald trump, which will allow him to impose sanctions against Chinese officials from the perspective of Washington, are involved in mass incarceration of over a million Uighurs and members of other predominantly Muslim minorities in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous region (XUAR) in the Northwest of the country. In Beijing believe that the decision is contrary to international law and is a gross interference in the internal Affairs of the state.
the US President Donald trump on Wednesday signed a law providing for sanctions against Chinese officials in connection with the mass detention and surveillance of Muslim Uighurs in Xinjiang province in the Northwest of the country. The new legislation is the most significant punitive measure taken against China for its treatment of ethnic minorities.
“the Law imposes liability on perpetrators of human rights violations and abuses such as the systematic use of indoctrination camps, forced labour and Intrusive surveillance to eradicate ethnic identity and religious beliefs of the Uyghurs and other minorities in China,” – said in a statement Donald trump.
the Document adopted almost unanimously by Congress, requires the U.S. administration to identify the Chinese officials responsible for “arbitrary arrests, torture and harassment” of Uighurs and other minorities in Xinjiang. The law establishes two types of restrictions, freezing of assets and visa restrictions.
Nuri Turkel, a Uighur human rights activist and member of the US Commission on international religious freedom, supported the decision of the American leader.
“It’s a great day for American citizens but also the Uighurs and other Turkic peoples in China who were subjected to terrible human rights violations of the Communist party of China,” he said.
According to experts of the UN Committee on the elimination of racial discrimination published, more than 1 million ethnic Uighurs and other Muslim minorities are in the so-called “reeducation camps” in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous region of China, where they are forced to abandon their culture, language and religion.
the foreign Ministry of China stated that adopted in the United States, the new act strikes a vicious blow to China’s policy in Xinjiang-Uighur Autonomous region, and has threatened strong retaliatory measures.
“the Government and people of China Express in this regard strong dissatisfaction and resolute protest”, — said in a statement the Chinese foreign Ministry on Thursday, June 18.
moreover, the statement highlighted that the key problem in Xinjiang is not usamljeni�� the rights of national minorities, and terrorism, and the so-called law “On the policy concerning the rights of Uighurs 2020” “deliberately discreditied the situation in the field of human rights” in this Autonomous region. Therefore, the Chinese government will make every effort to protect the interests of “national sovereignty, development and security of the country”, and “responsible for all consequences arising from it will carry us”.
“We again call on the US to immediately correct its mistakes and stop using the bill associated with Xinjiang to damage the interests of China and interference in the internal Affairs of China,” added the Chinese foreign Ministry.
