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US says China must be held to ‘account’ on Uyghur ‘genocide’ after UN report
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WASHINGTON, 03 September 2022, (TON): Secretary of State Antony Blinken said “a long-awaited UN report reaffirmed the US view that China is committing genocide against the Uyghurs and called for Beijing to be held responsible.”
Blinken said “the United States welcomes the important report, released minutes before UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet who was strongly criticized by Washington for a recent visit to China left office.
He said in a statement “this report deepens and reaffirms our grave concern regarding the ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity that PRC government authorities are perpetrating against Uyghurs.”
He said “we will continue to hold the PRC to account and call on the PRC to release those unjustly detained, account for those disappeared, and allow independent investigators full and unhindered access to Xinjiang, Tibet and across the PRC.”
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