Biden mentioned the US additionally reaffirms its assist to Muslim communities struggling hardships and devastation.
Washington:
President Joe Biden expressed “solidarity” Thursday with China’s embattled Uyghur minority in a message to Muslims around the globe as they have a good time the holy month of Ramadan.
“Along with our companions, america stands in solidarity with Muslims who proceed to face oppression, together with Uyghurs within the Folks’s Republic of China, Rohingya in Burma, and different Muslim communities going through persecution around the globe,” Biden mentioned in an announcement.
“Throughout this sacred time of reflection, america additionally reaffirms our assist to Muslim communities struggling hardships and devastation,” Biden mentioned, referring to earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria, and flood victims in Pakistan.
“Right now particularly, we bear in mind the common human proper to follow, pray, and preach our faiths peacefully and brazenly.”
Biden’s highlighting of the Uyghurs — who the US authorities says are being subjected to genocide by the Chinese language communist authorities — got here at a time of sturdy rigidity between Washington and Beijing.
In keeping with rights teams, Uyghurs are subjected to mass incarceration in compelled labor camps and banned from expressing their tradition. Beijing says the ethnic minority just isn’t being repressed and that any safety measures of their northwestern area of Xinjiang are a response to a terrorism risk.
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