Canada's decision to resettle 10,000 Uyghurs may irk China

The Canadian Parliamentled by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau unanimously passing a motion for allowing the resettlement of the 10000 Uyghur Muslims mainly fleeing from repression in the province of Xinjiang may irk China reported The Geneva DailyLawmakers in Canadas House of Commons voted in favor of the proposal 3220 on Wednesday January 1 with the chamber erupting into applause as the motion was carriedAlso readPakistans Musharraf military dictator who allied with US dies in DubaiThe motion stated that Uyghurs face pressure and intimidation by the Chinese state to return to China where they face the serious risk of mass arbitrary detention mass arbitrary separation of children from their parents forced sterilization forced labour torture and other atrocitiesAs an additional step to mark the treatment of Uyghurs in the Xinjiang region by the China genocide the Canadian Parliament passed a unanimous motion that undertakes the resettlement of nearly 10000 Uyghur refugees in Canada over the next two years starting in 2024 reported The Geneva DailyThe bill M62 was introduced by Liberal Party member Sameer Zuberi who called the vote a historic momentThis was a good day for Canada for the Uyghur people and our human family he tweetedAt a press conference Zuberi commented that the passing of the motion is a clear signal that we do not accept human rights violations against the Uyghur peopleThe bill further accused Beijing of applying diplomatic and economic pressure on countries such as Turkey Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan where Uyghur inhabitation is high in order to detain and deport Uyghurs leaving them without a safe haven in the world reported The Geneva DailyIn 2021 Canada became one of the first countries to label Chinas treatment of the Uyghurs genocideAt that time Canadas Ambassador Leslie Norton had not only commented on the situation in Xinjiang by describing it as Canadas deep concern about the human rights situation in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region but also criticized the Canadian governments stand on human rights issue further asking Ottawa to selfintrospect on its historical treatment of indigenous peoples and compensation for victimsMeanwhile Mao Ning a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman on Thursday accused Ottawa of politically manipulating Xinjiangrelated issues for ulterior motives spreading disinformation and misleading the publicFurthermore Jiang Duan a senior official at Chinas mission to the UN in Geneva also added that Historically Canada robbed the Indigenous people of their land killed them and eradicated their cultureSince 2017 Beijing has carried out a sweeping crackdown in the northwestern Xinjiang region under the banner of counterterrorism undertaking campaigns to forcibly assimilate the mostly Muslim ethnic minority groupExperts estimate that Chinese authorities have detained more than 1 million Uyghurs as part of the crackdown holding them in centers and reeducation camps and drawing international condemnationThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever