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 minor
  • 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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