Writing
07/11/2018
Beijing, 7 nov (EFE).- La ONG Human Rights in China (Hric) today applauded the decision of 24 countries, Among them the United States and Japan, de mostrar de manera "clara" y "empática" His concern about human rights violations in China during the third universal periodic examination of the country conducted by the UN.
In a statement, The organization celebrated that several governments have taken this universal periodic examination seriously, whereby the UN Human Rights Committee reviewed the files in this matter of the Member States in Geneva yesterday, in this case, from China.
Entre los asuntos abordados estuvieron la "continua represión" of ethnic minorities in Tibet and Xinjiang, así como la "evidente violación" of the cultural and religious rights of said populations.
"Algunos gobiernos se están tomando este proceso de la ONU en serio, utilizando una plataforma de alto nivel para decir públicamente a China que acabe con estas acciones que suponen una clara violación del derecho internacional", said the executive director of HRIC, Sharom Hom.
"No obstante -añadió- la cuestión de si los Estados tienen el coraje político para pedir una rendición de cuentas frente a la afirmación continua de hechos falsos y realidades alternativas de China aún está presente".
During yesterday's meeting in Geneva, at least two governments, that of the United States and France, calificaron de "internamiento masivo" the actions of the Chinese authorities against the Uyghur and Kazakh minorities in Xinjiang.
According to several reports from international human rights organizations, In recent years, the Chinese Government has interned approximately one million Muslims in camps in Xinjiang..
The Chinese delegation, For its part, defendió ante la ONU estos centros como "instituciones educativas", although until a few months ago he publicly denied its existence.
"Estos centros educativos han sido bien recibidos por los asistentes. After graduation, they can acquire one or two vocations, además de una buena remuneración", the mayor of the capital of Xinjiang argued during the day, Urumqi, and member of the Chinese delegation, Yasheng Sidike.
According to HRIC, as in past editions of the Periodic Review, muchos Estados miembros dependientes de las inversiones y las infraestructuras de China aplaudieron los "progresos" of the country in terms of human rights.
In this sense, of the 153 countries attending the meeting, only 24 They criticized China's practices, just a 15 % of the total.
The UN Human Rights Committee will present its conclusions on China next Friday, aunque la HRIC recordó que el cumplimiento de las obligaciones internacionales del país "no acaba con este tercer Examen Periódico Universal". EFE
