U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken accused the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on April 12 of carrying out genocide and crimes against humanity throughout 2021.
“The Chinese government continues to commit genocide and crimes against humanity in Xinjiang, against predominately Muslim Uyghurs among other minority groups,” Blinken said.
Blinken delivered the remarks at a briefing to mark the release of the newest edition of the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, an annual report published by the State Department that covers human rights issues in 198 countries throughout the world.
Blinken said that the world was facing a “recession of democracy,” and called out the CCP’s mass campaign of repression and genocide as a key example of growing authoritarianism.
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