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The US imposed visa restrictions on current and former Thai officials involved in the forced repatriation of Muslims Uyghur, as part of a new policy to support groups subject to torture in China.
This policy will focus on foreign officials who are involved in the effort to violently return ethnic or religious minorities with the risk of persecution China.
“We are committed to fighting Chinese efforts on government pressure to violently return Uyghurs and other groups to China, where they are subject to torture and enforcement,” said Marco Rubio, State Secretary.
“Given the long -term Chinese actions of genocide and crimes against humanity committed against Uygurs, we call on government around the world to violently return Uyghurs and other groups to China.”
Rubio said that the action against an unnamed contemporary and former Thai officials was a reaction to their involvement in the forced 40 Uyghurs to return to China at the end of February. Thailand He is an ally of the US defense agreement, but the Earth is nervous about China's antagonization, which is much more important for Southeast Asia.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not specify what the visa would mean, but such measures generally refer to the rejection of the visa to enter the US. Rubio said that the measures could also apply to members of all officials who were found to facilitate repatriation.
Uyghurs are a Turkic ethnic minority from the northwestern Chinese region in Xinjiang. In 2022, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights accused Beijing of committing “serious human rights violations” in the way he treated Uyghurs and other Muslim ethnic minorities in Sin -Eťiang.
Over time, China forced more than 1 million Uyghurs to detention camps in Sin -Eťiang, which has caused criticism from many countries around the world. Beijing repeatedly denied that he was chasing Uyghurs.
The policy is a timely hint of how President Donald Trump reacts human rights violation involving China. At the end of his first term of office, Foreign Minister Mike Pompeo accused Beijing of committing genocide. His successor in the administration of Joe Biden, Antony is flashinglater he repeated the accusation.
Rubio was one of the loudest critics of China and her recording of human rights when he served in the US Senate, along with Mike Waltz, a former army green beret and a congressman in Florida, who is now an advisor to national security.
Many experts in China believe that Trump wants to achieve some extensive agreement with Beijing, which would include business and other problems. One thing they follow is, as the president and his officials talk about alleged human rights violations in China due to the possible consequences for any wider dealing with President Xi Jinping.
