Who Are The Chinese Uighurs?
Taking a final action on China, the Trump administration, in its last days, has officially declared that the Communist government is committing genocide and crimes against humanity through its wide-scale repression of Uighurs and other Muslim ethnic minorities residing in the country s northwestern region of Xinjiang.
Even though the move is expected to have no immediate effect on China, it is likely to further strain relations between the United States and China and prompt tough action under the new Biden administration as well as from other nations.
A perimeter fence is constructed around what is officially known as a vocational skills education centre in Dabancheng in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China. (File photo)Courtesy: Reuters
U S declares China s actions against Uighurs genocide
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(FILES) This file photo taken on June 4, 2019 shows the Jieleixi No.13 village mosque in Yangisar, south of Kashgar, in China’s western Xinjiang region. – Chinese authorities have demolished thousands of mosques in Xinjiang, an Australian think tank said on September 25, 2020, in the latest report of widespread human rights abuses in the restive region. (Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP)
France has become the first country to oppose the proposed Comprehensive Agreement on Investment deal to be signed between the European Union and China. In an interview to Le Monde, Franck Riester, Minister delegate for foreign trade said his country would oppose the deal with China over the use of forced Uyghur labour by China. While acknowledging that the proposed investment pact would be significant in re-balancing investment with China, he said France continued to have concerns that China had not fulfilled “sufficient commitments” to international treaties. The CAI received an “in principle n
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Smith holds hearing with State Dept., humanitarian groups on killings in Nigeria, alleged acts by Islamist radicals December 17, 2020, 11:59 pm | in
PHOTO: Rep. Smith chairs the hearing on the Nigerian conflict on Dec. 17, 2020.
Smith co-chairs hearing after latest killings, kidnappings:
State Dept., humanitarian groups testify on killings, conflict in Nigeria, alleged acts by Islamist radicals
WASHINGTON, DC – The brutal atrocities and continuing threats to Nigerian peace and stability especially to Christians under seemingly relentless attacks by radical Islamists in Nigeria were at the core of testimony by U.S. State Department officials and human rights organizations at a hearing today, “Conflict and Killings in Nigeria’s Middle Belt,” held by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Co-Chairman of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission.
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BUDAPEST
‘Mother – woman, father – man’ constitutional amendment passes. The Hungarian parliament approved on Tuesday amendments to the constitution that proclaim, among other things, that “the mother is a woman, the father is a man.”
It also now states that “Hungary protects the right of children to self-identity according to their sex at birth and provides an upbringing in accordance with the values based on Hungary’s constitutional identity and Christian culture.” On the same day, parliament also passed a bill that mandates that single people need a special ministerial permission to adopt someone. More.
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EU INSTITUTIONS
8 European countries join forces on vaccination campaign. The ministers of health of Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Spain, and Switzerland, have issued a statement vowing to coordinate their efforts for the safe, efficient and transparent use of the COVID-19 vaccine.
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