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January 20, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) – On the penultimate day of Trump’s presidency, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo last night made a final announcement, officially designating China’s harsh treatment of the Muslim Uighur population in Xinjiang, which includes “arbitrary imprisonment” and “forced sterilization,” as “genocide.”
Pompeo determined that “since at least March 2017, the People’s Republic of China (PRC), under the direction and control of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), has committed crimes against humanity against the predominantly Muslim Uyghurs and other members of ethnic and religious minority groups in Xinjiang.”
The State Department’s investigation observed the atrocities committed on the Uyghur people include but are not limited to the “torture of a large number of those arbitrarily detained, forced labor, and the imposition of draconian restrictions on freedom of religion or belief, freedom of expression, and freedom of movement.”
Furthermore, Pompeo said that “the PRC, under the direction and control of the CCP, has committed genocide against the predominantly Muslim Uyghurs,” adding that “this genocide is ongoing.”
The CCP have also taken specific, oppressive actions against the family life of Uyghurs.
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