‘Crimes against humanity’: State Department highlights China genocide
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(Worthy News) – The State Department on Wednesday declared that the Chinese government continues to engage in genocide and crimes against humanity through the repression of predominantly Muslim Uyghurs and other minorities in western China.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken made the assertion while introducing the department’s annual assessment of global religious freedom.
“China broadly criminalizes religious expression and continues to commit crimes against humanity and genocide against Muslim Uyghurs and other religious and ethnic minority groups,” he said. [ Source: Washington Times (Read More…) ]
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