Last week, the United States invited the head of the World Uighur Congress, Dolkun Isa, to address the UN forum on indigenous peoples, infuriating China.
US diplomat Courtney Nemoff said ahead of elections on Tuesday that China’s treatment of Uighurs should be a factor in deciding on membership to the UN forum tasked with protecting indigenous people worldwide.
“These atrocities must be stopped. We call on member states to bear this in mind in this important forum.”“The US representative made an unreasonable accusation against China and defamation against China,” he said, expressing Beijing’s “strong displeasure over this and our firm opposition to it.” Beijing claims the camps in Xinjiang are “vocational training centers” to steer people away from extremism and reintegrate them, in a region plagued by violence blamed on Uighur separatists or Islamists.
The Chinese diplomat told the meeting that Isa was a “terrorist designated by the Chinese government” and supported by the US, which “is utilising him to attack and defame China, with no basis at all.”
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