As the conflict between the United States and China over human rights issues deepens, the U.S. Department of State has released a report on the world's human rights situation and strongly accused the Chinese government of continuing the so-called "genocide" against Uighurs and others in China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region. did.
On the 30th, the US State Department released a report summarizing the human rights situation of each country in the world over the last year.
It points out that more than one million Uighurs and others have been detained in camps in China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region.
In addition to forced sterilization, torture, and forced labor, he strongly accused the so-called "genocide" of causing harm to ethnic groups and other groups with the intention of destroying them, such as severe restrictions on religious freedom. I am.
Regarding Hong Kong, he mentioned the Hong Kong National Security Law, which cracks down on anti-government movements, and points out that "the Chinese Communist Party has systematically dismantled Hong Kong's political freedom and autonomy in contravention of international promises." ..
At the press conference, Secretary of State Antony Blinken criticized the increasing opposition of the Chinese government for imposing sanctions on Western countries as a countermeasure, "only raising the concerns and attention of other countries to the human rights violations of the Chinese government."
He said, "The Biden administration will confront wherever human rights violations occur," and emphasized the policy of putting the response to human rights issues at the center of diplomacy.