President Biden has yet to declare China’s atrocities against Uighurs in Xinjiang province as genocide, even after the Canadian parliament voted on Monday to pass a non-binding motion applying the classification and Europe is putting more pressure on the government. Chinese communist.
Biden, who promised to be tough on China during the campaign, has been careful not to classify human rights abuses against Uighurs since taking office – despite the Trump administration declaring the actions of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) as genocide one day before vacating the White House.
The international community is taking an increasingly strong stand on human rights abuses against the Uighur Muslim population in northwest China.
The European Union on Tuesday asked China to allow access by independent observers to investigate reports of secret detention camps, forced sterilization and political indoctrination on Tuesday.
“Once again, we urge China to allow significant access to Xinjiang for independent observers, including senior Commissioner Bachelet,” EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell told the United Nations Human Rights Council. “This is critical to allow an independent, impartial and transparent assessment of the serious concerns that the international community has.”
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Turkey and Britain also appealed to the United Nations Human Rights Council earlier this week to address growing reports of widespread abuse.
Although, like President Biden, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau did not say that China’s actions constitute genocide.
The White House did not respond to questions from Fox News on whether the issue was raised during the virtual meeting held between the two world leaders on Tuesday.
Biden did not mention human rights abuses in China in his comments after the closed-door meeting, but said the United States and Canada are coordinating “approaches to better compete with China and address threats to our interests and values”.
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Biden was criticized after his appeal last week to Chinese President Xi Jinping, which some Republican officials saw as an attempt to justify China’s actions.
China dismissed the accusations of genocide as “slanderous attacks” and blamed the media for false and biased reporting.