World Uyghur Congress opposes Chinese president Xi Jinping's visit to Europe

A Uyghur rights advocacy organisation the World Uyghur Congress released a statement opposing the ongoing Chinese President Xi Jinpings visit to Europe claiming that Chinas deepening ties with Russia are ignorance of the human rights abuses inflicted by China on the Uyghur communityChinese President Xi Jinping made his sixday visit to Europe marking his first trip to the continent since 2019 with the exception of his trip last year to RussiaDespite recent developments within Europe including arrests and charges related to Chinese espionage as well as Chinas deepening ties with Russia European countries exhibit varying degrees of concern amid increasing views of China as a systemic rival Xis trip aims to address criticism while highlighting areas that remain receptive to Chinese influence the WUC said on SundayWUC president Dolkun Isa said France must raise the continuous human rights abuses committed by the Chinese regime inside East Turkistan Tibet and Hong Kong as well as across Europe with Chinas growing transnational repression He also mentioned that the Uyghur genocide must be raised publicly by the French President Emmanuel Macron urging Xi Jinping to end the ongoing erasure of our people reflecting the resolution adopted by the Assemble Nationale recognizing the Uyghur genocideThe statement read In France the increasing trade deficit of the EU with China as well as the war in Ukraine will be on the agenda in the presidential meeting Whereas particularly in Serbia and Hungary the growing investment ties with China and the 25th anniversary of the bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade by NATO on May 7 1999 will contribute significantly to Beijings enduring mistrust of NATOAs per WUC statement The World Uyghur Congress opposes the openness displayed by Europe towards the Peoples Republic of China PRC and its leader Xi Jinping Particularly Hungarys position blocking the discussion on Chinas human rights abuses and the Uyghur genocide is of concern as well as the recent news on the ChinaEurope Railway Express a train set to transport agricultural goods produced by Uyghur forced labour which left East Turkistan for Salerno Italy on May 3In light of the EU forced labour regulation and due diligence directive products made by forced labour produced inside and outside the EU and companies involved in these violations through their supply chains face bigger scrutiny Yet one thing significantly missing is the focus on Uyghur forced labour the statement addedFrance should nevertheless raise Chinas stateimport forced labour scheme and advocate for a strengthening of the EUs trade tools against these violations The WUC furthermore calls on Macron and Ursula von der Leyen President of the European Commission to explicitly raise Beijings abuses against Tibetans Hong Kongers and Uyghurs and take a strong stance against the CCPs growing transnational repression which endangers the lives of the communitys diaspora and the security and sovereignty of European nations the statement by WUC saidThis 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