Blinken, ahead of China visit, calls out Beijing’s ongoing 'genocide' against minority Muslims

Ahead of a planned trip to China this week, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is reported to person alleged that Beijing is still committing genocide against Uyghur Muslim minorities. 

The comments successful nan State Department’s yearly study connected quality authorities astir nan world echoed connection successful erstwhile years concerning China’s curen of Uyghurs and different Muslim minorities successful nan occidental state of Xinjiang. 

Antony Blinken, US Secretary of State, speaks astatine a property convention astatine nan G7 overseas ministers' meeting.  (Britta Pedersen/picture confederation via Getty Images)

But nan comments are notable now fixed nan timing of Blinken’s trip to China, wherever he is expected to clasp delicate talks pinch his counterparts connected respective cardinal topics, including nan ongoing warfare successful Ukraine and world trade. 

In a preface nan State Department’s report, Blinken said nan findings archive "ongoing sedate quality authorities abuses successful nan People’s Republic of China (PRC)." 

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He alleged that successful Xinjiang, China is carrying retired "genocide, crimes against humanity, forced labor, and different quality authorities violations against predominantly Muslim Uyghurs and members of different taste and belief number groups." 

The report’s conception connected China specifications nan detention of much than 1 cardinal group successful camps and prisons and nan usage of re-education camps successful Xinjiang, among different abuses committed against nan broader Chinese population.

A protester from nan Uyghurs communities successful London is seen pinch a immense placard to support nan rally. Hongkongers successful London gathered astatine Parliament Square connected nan 4th twelvemonth day of nan Hong Kong pro-democratic movement. (Hesther Ng/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

China for its part, has denied these allegations for years, saying these expected attraction camps are "vocational training centers" to curb terrorism, separatism and belief radicalism.

When he took agency successful 2021, Blinken endorsed a determination by his predecessor that China’s actions amounted to genocide, and he has raised nan rumor successful meetings pinch Chinese officials.

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A elder State Department charismatic briefing reporters past week connected Blinken’s travel said quality authorities would beryllium among nan issues raised by Blinken pinch Chinese officials, but did not mention nan business successful Xinjiang. 

Reuters contributed to this report.