China promises to ‘fight’ against ‘anti-China’ critics alleging human rights violations

An envoy from China’s Xinjiang province mentioned Thursday that Chinese language authorities are prepared for a “battle” with “anti-China” critics within the West and elsewhere over allegations of rights abuses within the anti-extremism marketing campaign in opposition to Uyghurs and different Muslim ethnic teams within the area.

Xinjiang authorities spokesman Xu Guixiang mentioned Chinese language authorities will not be afraid if “anti-China forces” try to make use of the continued Human Rights Council assembly in Geneva to hunt better scrutiny of the scenario in Xinjiang.

Xu has spoken repeatedly in protection of China’s insurance policies designed to battle violent extremism in Xinjiang. This week he’s heading a delegation in Geneva to take the message to the rights workplace and diplomats on the 47-member state council, of which each China and the USA are at the moment members.

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Some Western nations try to keep up worldwide scrutiny of the rights scenario via the council after the U.N. rights workplace issued a scathing new report final month that alleged “crimes in opposition to humanity” had taken place in Xinjiang in recent times. Such Western efforts may come via a draft decision or different steps on the council.

“If some forces within the worldwide neighborhood — and even anti-China forces — make so-called ‘Xinjiang-related motions’ or so-called ‘resolutions,’ we received’t be afraid,” Xu mentioned. “We are going to take countermeasures resolutely and battle.”

Xu acknowledged, in a considerably uncommon admission: “In fact, the human rights scenario in Xinjiang is in a means of additional enhancing and making extra efforts,” earlier than including, “however there isn’t a such factor as the huge violation of human rights as claimed by the Xinjiang report.”

He mentioned China is on the lookout for “alternate, dialogue and cooperation” and hopes to “study from the useful measures taken by different nations on this planet” on human rights. However Xu additionally insisted unspecified “human rights disasters” perpetrated by Western nations must be investigated, too.

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Within the waning minutes of her final day in workplace on Aug. 31, the workplace of Michelle Bachelet, the U.N. Excessive Commissioner for Human Rights, issued a report accusing China of great human rights violations in opposition to Uyghurs and different largely Muslim ethnic teams. It referred to as on the world neighborhood to offer “pressing consideration” to the scenario in Xinjiang.

Human rights teams have accused China of sweeping one million or extra folks from the minority teams into detention camps the place many have mentioned they have been tortured, sexually assaulted, and compelled to desert their language and faith.