(ZENIT News / Washington, DC, 16.07.2024).- Matthew Miller, spokesman of the Department of State, said that the “United States continues promoting accountability in defense of Human Rights in China” and persecuted religious groups, such as Tibetans and Muslims in the autonomous region of Xinjiang.
The press release highlights the “transnational repression” of the Chinese Authorities and the “persistent” violations of Human Rights in the Tibet region. On Friday, June 12, President Joe Biden announced a “Law to promote the resolution of the conflict between Tibet and China,” which foments Tibetans’ rights and the preservation of “their linguistic, cultural and religious patrimony.”
Washington singles out the People’s Republic of China for non-compliance of “its commitments to respect and protect Human Rights,” and highlights its “genocide and crimes against humanity” in the autonomous region of Xinjiang, where the Uighur Muslim minority is repressed for its religious practices.
Miller stressed that the United States continues promoting accountability in defense of Human Rights in China.
In a press statement, President Biden said “my Administration will continue urging the People’s Republic of China to renew direct dialogue, without prior conditions, with the Dalai Lama or his representatives, to seek an agreement that resolves the differences and leads to a negotiated agreement on Tibet.”
The Department of State urged the Chinese Authorities to respect Human Right and to release “unconditionally” its citizens detained “arbitrarily and unjustly,” as one of the recommendations presented this year in the United Nations Human Rights Council.
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