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

An envoy from China’s Xinjiang province said on Thursday that Chinese authorities are ready to “do battle” with “anti-China” critics in the West and elsewhere over allegations of rights abuses against extremism. Campaign against the Uyghurs and other Muslim ethnic groups in the region.

Xinjiang government spokesman Xu Guixiang said Chinese authorities Don’t be alarmed if “anti-China forces” try to use the ongoing Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva to further scrutinize the situation in Xinjiang.

Xu has repeatedly spoken out in defense of China’s policies to fight violent extremism in Xinjiang. This week he is heading a delegation to Geneva to take the message to the rights office and diplomats at the 47-member State Council, of which both China and the United States are currently members.

A UN report cited alleged ‘patterns of abuse’ in China’s treatment of the Uyghur minority

Some Western countries are trying to maintain international scrutiny of the rights situation through the Council. United Nations The rights office released a scathing new report last month saying “crimes against humanity” had allegedly been committed in Xinjiang in recent years. Such Western efforts may be through draft resolutions or other measures in the Council.

“If some forces in the international community – or even anti-China forces – put forward so-called ‘movements on Xinjiang’ or so-called ‘resolutions,’ we will not be afraid,” Su said. “We will resolutely retaliate and fight.”

Zhou made some unusual admissions: “Of course, the human rights situation in Xinjiang is in the process of improving and making more efforts,” before adding, “but there is nothing that can be done on a large scale. There is a violation. Human rights As claimed in the Xinjiang report.”

He said China was seeking “exchange, dialogue and cooperation” and hoped to “learn from the beneficial steps taken by other countries in the world” regarding human rights. But Zhou also insisted that unspecified “human rights abuses” by Western countries should also be investigated.

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In the waning moments of her last day in office on August 31, the office of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet released a report accusing China of serious human rights abuses against Uighurs and other predominantly Muslim ethnic groups. Violations were alleged. He called on the international community to pay “urgent attention” to the situation in Xinjiang.

Human rights groups have accused China of placing a million or more people from minority groups in concentration camps, where many say they were tortured, sexually assaulted and forced to leave their homes. Forced to abandon language and religion.