The US Declared China Is Committing Genocide Against Uighurs — What Happens Next?
Posted on AllSides January 23rd, 2021
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In one of the final acts of the Trump administration, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declared Tuesday that China’s policies against Uighur Muslims and other ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang region constitute a genocide.
A State Department press release condemned the Chinese government and its ruling Chinese Communist Party for restrictions on religious freedom, arbitrary detention and use of forced labor and torture. The U.S. is the first country in the world to formally declare China is committing a genocide.
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