{"id":155492,"date":"2021-01-15T20:15:18","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T17:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/china-possibly-committed-genocide-against-xinjiang-muslims\/"},"modified":"2021-01-15T20:15:18","modified_gmt":"2021-01-15T17:15:18","slug":"china-possibly-committed-genocide-against-xinjiang-muslims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/china-possibly-committed-genocide-against-xinjiang-muslims\/","title":{"rendered":"#China possibly committed ‘genocide’ against Xinjiang Muslims"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#China possibly committed ‘genocide’ against Xinjiang Muslims<\/strong>”
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WASHINGTON \u2013 China has possibly committed \u201cgenocide\u201d in its treatment of Uighurs and other minority Muslims in its western region of Xinjiang, a bipartisan commission of the US Congress said in a report on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) said new evidence had emerged in the past year that \u201ccrimes against humanity \u2013 and possibly genocide \u2013 are occurring\u201d in Xinjiang. It also accused China of harassing Uighurs in the United States.<\/p>\n

China has been widely condemned for setting up complexes in Xinjiang that it describes as \u201cvocational training centers\u201d to stamp out extremism and give people new skills and which others have called concentration camps.<\/p>\n

The United Nations says at least 1 million Uighurs and other Muslims have been detained in Xinjiang. Faith leaders, activist groups and others have said crimes against humanity, including genocide, are taking place there.<\/p>\n

Beijing denies the accusations and on Thursday its Washington embassy said the CECC was \u201cobsessed with making up all sorts of lies to vilify China.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe so-called \u2018genocide\u2019 is a rumor deliberately started by some anti-China forces and a farce to discredit China,\u201d an embassy spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

The CECC report called for a formal US \u201cdetermination on whether atrocities are being committed\u201d in Xinjiang, something required within 90 days of US legislation passed on Dec. 27.<\/p>\n

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, in his final days in office before President-elect Joe Biden succeeds President Donald Trump on Jan. 20, has already been weighing a determination. But given the current turmoil in Washington, officials have played down the possibility of an announcement before that.<\/p>\n

The State Department did respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n

CECC co-chair, Democratic Representative Jim McGovern, called China\u2019s actions to crush human rights in the past year \u201cshocking and unprecedented\u201d and urged Congress and the incoming Biden administration to hold Beijing accountable.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe United States must continue to stand with the people of China in their struggle and lead the world in a united and coordinated response to the human rights abuses of the Chinese government,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

In Trump\u2019s last year in power, relations between the world\u2019s two biggest economies have plunged to their lowest level in decades with disagreements on issues including human rights, the coronavirus pandemic, trade and espionage.<\/p>\n

Experts say a U.S. genocide determination would be an enormous embarrassment for China, a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council.<\/p>\n

It could also pose problems for Biden by complicating his dealings with Beijing, although his campaign had already declared, before the November election, that genocide was occurring in Xinjiang.<\/p>\n

In October, Trump\u2019s national security adviser, Robert O\u2019Brien, said Beijing was perpetrating \u201csomething close to\u201d genocide and other officials have referred to concentration camps in Xinjiang.<\/p>\n

Under international law, crimes against humanity are defined as widespread and systematic, whereas the burden of proof for genocide \u2013 the intent to destroy part of a population \u2013 can be more difficult to prove.<\/p>\n

Expectations that Pompeo might declare genocide were raised in June when he labeled as \u201cshocking\u201d and \u201cdisturbing\u201d reports that China was using forced sterilization, forced abortion and coercive family planning against Muslims.<\/p>\n

He was referring to a report about Xinjiang by German researcher Adrian Zenz, which the CECC report also cited.<\/p>\n

Zenz said his findings represented the strongest evidence yet that Beijing\u2019s Xinjiang policies met one of the criteria cited in the U.N. genocide convention, namely \u201cimposing measures intended to prevent births within the (targeted) group.\u201d<\/p>\n

A U.S. genocide declaration would mean countries would have to think hard about allowing companies to do business with Xinjiang, a leading global supplier of cotton. It would also raise pressure for further U.S. sanctions.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said the United States was imposing a region-wide ban on all cotton and tomato products from Xinjiang over allegations that they are made with forced labor by detained Uighurs.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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