Human Rights Watch Ensures Chinese Regime Commits “Crimes Against Humanity” Against Uyghur Minority

China guilty of “crimes against humanity” in its oppressive treatment of Uyghurs and other Muslim minoritiesHuman Rights Watch (HRW) said in a detailed report released Monday.

“The Chinese government has committed and continues to commit crimes against humanity against the Turkish Muslim populationSaid the report.

Beijing has imprisoned more than a million members of the main ethnic group in the western Xinjiang region and keeps millions more under strict surveillance and controls, according to the report by HRW and the Human Rights and Conflict Resolution Clinic at Stanford Law School.

“The apparent purpose of the Chinese government in establishing the camps is the elimination of Turkish Muslim culture and religion», He underlined, specifying the ethnic groups Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz and others settled in Xinjiang.

Current policies violate the 1998 Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), which says that widespread or systematic attacks against a civilian population are a crime, according to the HRW report.

The entity blamed the Chinese government for unlawful imprisonment, torture and murder of Uyghurs, and policies on forced labor and sexual violence against them.

HRW further claimed that Beijing’s mistreatment of Uyghurs dates back more than two decades, but said have intensified since 2013 under Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Driven by nationalism and Islamophobia, the Xi government wants to assimilate Muslim communities, according to the report.

HRW and Stanford investigators did not go so far as to accuse Beijing of committing genocide in Xinjiang, a complaint that the US government has done so – both the Republican administration of Donald Trump before stepping down on January 20 and that of Democrat Joe Biden since then – as well as the parliaments of Belgium, Canada and the Netherlands.and other human rights groups.

It is possible that the British House of Commons joins the latter group this week, as he votes on April 22 on the declaration that Beijing’s actions constitute genocide.

The motion was tabled by members of all UK political parties in the House, and organizers hope at least two-thirds of MPs will vote for it.

As reported The GuardianBoris Johnson’s cabinet ministers could be asked to abstain as the government believes the power to make such a statement lies only with international courts.

The Ministry of External Relations supports possibility of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet to conduct free and unhindered investigation in Xinjiang.

Relations with Boris Johnson’s executive notwithstanding, Beijing has already imposed sanctions on MPs criticizing their actions against the Muslim minority, including Tom Tugendhat, the head of the foreign relations committee.

On the other hand, The United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union have also imposed measures against Beijing officials involved in anti-Uyghur policies.As well as businesses that use their forced labor to produce goods in the region, especially cotton. China has responded with similar actions.

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