U.S. calls on China to cease atrocities on Uyghurs and other minorities

Record ID: 1686925

  • Title: U.S. calls on China to cease atrocities on Uyghurs and other minorities
  • Date: 1st September 2022
  • Summary: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (SEPTEMBER 1, 2022) (REUTERS) WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY, KARINE JEAN-PIERRE, WALKING INTO THE ROOM (SOUNDBITE) (English) WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY, KARINE JEAN-PIERRE, SAYING: “The United States welcomes this report, this important report which describes authoritatively the abhorrent human rights treatment of the Uyghur and other minority communities by the People's Republic of China government. The report deepens our grave concern regarding the ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity that China is perpetrating. Our position on the atrocities in Xinjiang has been clearly demonstrated with our words and in our actions. The Biden administration has taken concrete measures, including improving visa restrictions, global Magnitsky Act and other financial sanctions, export controls, import restrictions, and the president has rallied allies and partners including the G7 commitment to ensure all global supply chains are free from the use of forced labor, including from Xinjiang. We will continue to work closely with partners and the international community to hold China accountable and we will call on China to immediately cease committing these atrocities, release those unjustly detained, account for those disappeared, and allow independent investigators full and unhindered access to Xinjiang, Tibet and across China.” JEAN-PIERRE, ENDING BRIEFING, WALKING OUT
  • Embargoed: 15th September 2022 20:55
  • Keywords: China Muslims US United Nations Uyghurs White House Xinjiang
  • Location: WASHINGTON D.C., UNITED STATES
  • City: WASHINGTON D.C., UNITED STATES
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Government/Politics,United States
  • Reuters ID: LVA001219501092022RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: The White House called on China on Thursday (September 1) to immediately cease "atrocities" against Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities and urged Beijing to allow unfettered access to Xinjiang.
    White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the United States welcomed a report from the United Nations human rights chief on Wednesday that said China's "arbitrary and discriminatory detention" of Uyghurs and other Muslims in its Xinjiang region may constitute crimes against humanity.
    "We will call on China to immediately cease committing these atrocities," she told reporters, urging China to allow independent investigators full and unhindered access to the region.
    (Production: Gerardo Gomez, Geraldine Downer)
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