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China sanctions UK entities, individuals over Xinjiang

China sanctions UK entities, individuals over Xinjiang

China sanctions UK entities, individuals over Xinjiang
'lies and disinformation'








China sanctioned organisations and รีวิวเกมslotxo individuals in the United Kingdom on Friday
over what it called "lies and disinformation" about Xinjiang, days after Britain imposed
sanctions for human rights abuses in the western Chinese region.

The Chinese foreign ministry said in a statement that it had sanctioned four entities and nine
individuals, including former Conservative Party leader Iain Duncan Smith and the Conservative
Party Human Rights Commission, that "maliciously spread lies and disinformation".

Targeted individuals and their immediate family members are prohibited from entering Chinese
territory, the ministry said, adding that Chinese citizens and institutions will be prohibited
from doing business with them.

The move is a retaliation to a coordinated set of sanctions imposed by the United States,
the European Union, Britain and Canada against Beijing over what the countries call human
rights violations against the Uighur Muslim minority in Xinjiang. Beijing already applied
retaliatory sanctions against the EU that were in line with Friday's announcement.

"China is firmly determined to safeguard its national sovereignty, security and development
interests, and warns the UK side not to go further down the wrong path," the Chinese ministry
said. "Otherwise, China will resolutely make further reactions."

Activists and United Nations rights experts say that at least 1 million Muslims have been
detained in camps in Xinjiang. The activists and some Western politicians accuse China of
using torture, forced labour and sterilisations.

China has repeatedly denied all accusations of abuse and says its camps offer vocational
training and are needed to fight extremism.

"It seems I am to be sanctioned by the PRC (Chinese) government for speaking the truth
about the #Uyghur tragedy in #Xinjiang, and for having a conscience," Jo Smith Finley,
a Uighur expert at Newcastle University, said on Twitter.

"Well, so be it. I have no regrets for speaking out, and I will not be silenced."

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