BEIJING: China has urged the United States, Germany and Britain to cancel an upcoming videoconference on Beijing’s crackdown on the Uyghur Muslim minority and called on other United Nations members not to attend the event. The videoconference, scheduled for Wednesday, “is based on sheer lies and political bias,” China’s diplomatic mission to the United Nations said in a statement. In addition to the camps, millions more Muslims in China allegedly live under a tough system of surveillance and controls. In related news, the spokesperson of the Permanent Mission of China to the United Nations has expressed strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition to a side event to be organized by the United States, Britain, Germany and a few nongovernmental organizations in New York on the human rights situation in Xinjiang, China. The spokesperson urged the co-sponsors to cancel this event, which interferes in China’s internal affairs and called on other UN member states to reject the event.

Source: Manila Times May 11, 2021 12:22 UTC