U.S., U.K., EU and Canada sanction Chinese officials over Uyghur abuses
U.S., U.K., EU and Canada sanction Chinese officials over Uyghur abuses
Ivana Saric, Zachary Basu at Axios
https://www.axios.com/eu-sanctions-china-human-rights-abuses-bd8159de-1806-419a-a362-4b58f6ea02a7.html
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The U.S., U.K., European Union and Canada all announced sanctions on Monday against Chinese officials involved in human rights abuses against Uyghur Muslims.
Why it matters: It's a coordinated Western effort to hold Beijing accountable for its sweeping campaign of arbitrary detention, forced labor and forced sterilization against ethnic minorities in the far west region of Xinjiang, which the U.S. State Department and several legislative bodies have recognized as genocide.
Driving the news: The sanctions come on the heels of a frosty first high-level U.S.-China meeting in Alaska last week, which saw Secretary of State Antony Blinken and national security adviser Jake Sullivan clash with their Chinese counterparts over human rights and other issues.
All three sets of sanctions announced on Monday target officials associated with the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC) and Xinjiang Public Security Bureau (XPSB).
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