Washington is concerned about reports of new human rights violations in China.
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken says Washington is concerned reports of new human rights violations in China , as well as the fact that the Chinese authorities restricted the freedom of action of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet during her visit to China, according to Reuters.
It is noted that Bachelet's visit to China was criticized by human rights groups and Western countries.
However, Bachelet said her six-day trip, which also included a visit to China's western region of Xinjiang, was not an investigation into Beijing's human rights policy, but an opportunity to talk to the government.
17 years of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights' visit to China on Monday, May 23, from the southern city of Guangzhou before leaving for Xinjiang.
Last year, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said Uighurs in Xinjiang illegally detained, ill-treated and forced to work.
“I raised questions and concerns about counter-terrorism and deradicalization measures in the broadest sense, especially their impact on the rights of Uighurs and other predominantly Muslim minorities,” Bachelet told an online press briefing.
China denies all allegations of abuse in Xinjiang.
It is noted that Bachelet's visit was limited because China organized a “closed-loop” trip to prevent the spread of COVID-19 – without foreign press.
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US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said Washington was “still concerned” about Bachelet's visit to China. The human rights situation in China, including in Xinjiang, where genocide and crimes against humanity continue, “Blinken said.” The United States is also “concerned” by reports that residents of the Xinjiang region have been forced not to complain about conditions accommodation.
“The High Commissioner should have been allowed confidential meetings with members of Uighur families and members of other diasporas of ethnic minorities in Xinjiang who are not in detention but are not allowed to travel outside the region,” Blinken added. Human rights organizations and Western countries are concerned that China will use Bachelet's trip to prove its rights. U.S. Department of State spokesman Ned Price said “agreeing to visit was a mistake in the circumstances.”
China initially denied the existence of any detention camps in Xinjiang, but said in 2018 that it had set up “training centers” needed to curb terrorism, separatism and religious radicalism in the region.
Bachelet said that discussed with the Chinese government the lack of independent judicial oversight of the centers and allegations of use of force, ill-treatment and restrictions. During a media briefing, Bachelet also called the detention of activists, lawyers and journalists in Hong Kong “deeply disturbing.”
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Earlier, it was reported that the United States has imposed sanctions against two Chinese officials suspected of “serious human rights violations.” These include restrictions on the rights of Uighurs and other ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region. Xinjiang.
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