(WASHINGTON, D.C., 4/13/22) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed a new report by the U.S. Department of State exposing China’s ongoing genocide targeting Uyghurs Muslims in Xinjiang.
In its country report for China published Tuesday, the State Department said:
“Genocide and crimes against humanity occurred during the year against predominantly Muslim Uyghurs and members of other ethnic and religious minority groups in Xinjiang. These crimes were continuing and included: the arbitrary imprisonment or other severe deprivation of physical liberty of more than one million civilians; forced sterilization, coerced abortions, and more restrictive application of the country’s birth control policies; rape; torture of a large number of those arbitrarily detained; forced labor; and draconian restrictions on freedom of religion or belief, freedom of expression, and freedom of movement.”
2021 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: China (Includes Hong Kong, Macau, and Tibet)
https://www.state.gov/reports/2021-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/china/
“We welcome any new information exposing the Chinese government’s ongoing genocide targeting Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang and hope this report will spur further action by our nation and the international community to protect all minority groups in that nation,” said CAIR Government Affairs Director Robert McCaw.
Earlier today, CAIR called on Secretary of State Blinken to offer asylum to four Uyghurs, including a 13-year-old-girl, that Saudi Arabia reportedly plans to deport to China tonight unless another country offers them refuge.
Yesterday, CAIR sent a letter to U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Rashad Hussain asking his office join American Muslims, American Uyghur Muslims, and other Turkic minority groups in calling on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to halt its planned extradition of four Uyghurs to China, where they are likely to be persecuted for their faith and ethnicity.
READ: CAIR’s Letter to Amb. Rashad Hussain
https://www.cair.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/ReligiousFreedomLetter.pdf
On Sunday and Monday, CAIR joined several advocacy groups, including Free Uyghur Now, Uyghur American Association, Campaign for Uyghurs, and Uyghur Human Rights Project to stage protests outside the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s embassy in Washington D.C, and consulates in New York and Los Angeles, to call on the Kingdom to halt its planned deportation of Uyghurs to China.
SEE: Breaking: Emergency Rallies in NY, DC, LA, Vancouver to Stop Deportation of Uyghurs by Saudi Arabia
In January, CAIR joined more than 70 Uyghur, interfaith, and human rights organizations to send letters to the Saudi government calling on them not to deport Abduweli and Rozi to China.
In December, CAIR welcomed President Biden’s signing of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (S.65/H.R.1155) into law. CAIR also welcomed new sanctions by the Biden administration on several Chinese government entities and corporations over abuses they committed against Uyghur Muslims and other minorities.
SEE: BREAKING: CAIR Welcomes President Biden’s Signing of Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Into Law
The Chinese government is targeting Uyghur Muslims and other Turkic ethnic minorities with a campaign of genocide. Millions of Uyghurs have been detained in concentration camps in which beatings, torture and rape are the norm. Millions more are being used as slave labor by on plantations and in Chinese factories.
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CONTACT: CAIR National Deputy Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell, 404-285-9530, e-Mitchell@cair.com; CAIR Government Affairs Director Robert McCaw, 202-742-6448, rmccaw@cair.com; CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202-744-7726, ihooper@cair.com; CAIR National Communications Coordinator Ismail Allison, 202-770-6280, iallison@cair.com