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China, which chose Uyghur skier Dinigaer Yilamujiang to light the Olympic flame at the opening ceremony of the Games, wants to divert the attention of the international community from the problem of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang Uygur region of China, said US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield.
As Greenfield said on CNN, this choice was “an attempt to distract from the real problem, from the fact that Uyghurs are being tortured, that Uyghurs are victims of human rights violations.” The diplomat stressed that viewers who “witnessed this” should understand that “crimes against humanity are being committed in China.”
Recall that the United States consistently accuses the Chinese authorities of repression and persecution of the Xinjiang Uighurs. In this regard, Washington has imposed a ban on the import of goods from Xinjiang, saying that they are produced using forced labor. In addition, precisely because of the violation of human rights in Xinjiang, the United States and its closest allies Britain, Australia and Canada announced a “diplomatic boycott” of the Beijing Olympics, without sending delegations from official representatives of the countries to the opening of the Games.
Source: Rosbalt
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