The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned discriminatory travel restrictions the Chinese government has imposed on Uyghur Muslims from its Xinjiang region.
A report by Human Rights Watch says Uyghurs are prohibited from visiting “sensitive countries” with large Muslim populations, such as Turkey, and can only travel to a limited number of countries. They are also prohibited from speaking “critically about the Chinese government.”
In a statement, CAIR said:
“We condemn the Chinese Communist Party’s discriminatory travel restrictions on Uyghur Muslims in their homeland and urge the Trump administration to speak out against the restrictions and against all other policies by any nation that prevent freedom of travel for its citizens.”
Last month, CAIR condemned the reported sentencing of a Uyghur Muslim woman in China to 17 years in prison for teaching her children and a neighbor verses from the Quran, Islam’s revealed text.
CAIR recently welcomed new trade restrictions on two Chinese firms, including one accused of enabling human rights violations through surveillance of Uyghur Muslims and other ethnic and religious minorities in China.
In November, CAIR welcomed the addition of 29 Chinese companies to the list of entities using forced labor involving Uyghur minorities.
Also in November, CAIR welcomed a ban on the entry to the United States of products produced by Esquel Group, one of the world’s largest textile and apparel companies, over allegations it uses forced Uyghur labor.
In October, CAIR welcomed DHS banning two Chinese companies over their reported use of Uyghur slave labor.
CAIR has previously welcomed the banning of Chinese companies using slave labor.
SEE: CAIR Welcomes US Ban on Imports from 5 Chinese Companies Over Uyghur Forced Labor
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