50 UN member states demand China release Uyghurs held in concentratio

New York: 50 member countries of the United Nations demanded that the Chinese communist regime release the Uyghur people detained in the internment camps in the Xinjiang province. The countries making this demand include the United States, Canada, Israel, Turkey, European countries, and Somalia. It is the first instance of the nations coming together in such big numbers to raise a voice on the Uyghur issue as part of the international community.

A meeting of the Third Committee on Human Rights of the United Nations was held on Monday. The Uyghur issue was discussed during the session initiated by the US and other western countries. Following the meeting, a joint statement of 50 participating countries was released, accusing China of committing crimes against humanity in the Xinjiang province. China was reminded of the United Nations’ report on the atrocities against minorities, including Uyghurs, in China. These 50 countries have insisted that China implement all the recommendations in this report and release hundreds of thousands of Uyghurs detained in the internment camps.

A few years ago, the United Nations published a report exposing that nearly 1.1 million Uyghurs had been forcibly detained. The issue of the Uyghurs has been raised on the international level consistently since then. Certain countries, including the United States and Canada, have accused the atrocities of the Chinese regime on the Uyghurs equated to committing genocide. The issue is also being raised by other countries regularly cornering China. The Chinese regime is upset because of this constant embarrassment at the international level and has started efforts to threaten and pressurise these countries raising voices on this issue.