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Pradeep Kumar

24/03/21 13:25 PM IST

Sanctions on China over Uighurs

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China is accused of putting over a million people in internment camps to "de-Muslimise" them and make them integrate better in the Communist country

Allegation
  • Allegations are that these people have been forced to leave behind their occupations, properties and families, to stay at the camps. Survivors, human rights organisations, and governments of other countries have alleged physical, psychological and sexual torture
  • People can be sent to the camps for showing any signs of “extremism” — sporting beards, fasting during Ramzan, dressing differently from the majority, sending Eid greetings, praying “too often” etc.
Highlights
  • This is the first time the EU has imposed sanctions on China since an arms embargo after the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.
  •  The Western powers moved together, in what is being seen as a result of the US push to deal with China along with its allies.
  • The sanctions have come after a meeting between US and Chinese officials in Alaska last week, in what Washington described as “tough and direct talks”.
Source: Indian Express

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