US expresses concern over human rights violations in China, Pakistan and Myanmar

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Updated: March 20, 2023 11:45 PM IS

Washington (USA), March 20 (ANI): The US in its “2022 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices” raised concerns about violation of human rightss in China, Pakistan and Myanmar.
In Xinjiang, in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), the country report described how genocide and crimes against humanity continued to occur against predominantly Muslim Uyghurs and members of other ethnic and religious minority groups.
“Genocides and crimes against humanity against predominantly Muslim Uyghurs and members of other minority ethnic and religious groups occurred in Xinjiang during the year. These crimes continued and included: the arbitrary imprisonment or other severe deprivation of physical liberty of more than one million of civilians; forced sterilization, coerced abortions, and more restrictive enforcement of the country’s birth control policies; rape and other forms of sexual and gender-based violence; torture of large numbers of people arbitrarily detained; and persecution, including forced labor and draconian restrictions on freedom of religion or belief, freedom of expression and freedom of movement,” the report read.
In Myanmar, the report recounts how the military regime continues to use violence to brutalize civilians and consolidate its control, reportedly killing more than 2,900 people and detaining more than 17,000 since the February 2021 military coup.
He also dealt with genocide and crimes against humanity against the Rohingya, the majority of whom are Muslims in Myanmar.
On Afghanistan, the report said that the talibanThe oppressive and discriminatory measures against women and girls have been relentless.
“No other country in the world prevents women and girls from receiving an education, which is an internationally recognized human right. The talibanThe edict banning female employees of non-governmental organizations from working in the workplace endangers tens of millions of Afghans who depend on humanitarian assistance for their survival,” the report added.
Meanwhile, in Pakistan, the report focused on illegal or arbitrary killings, including extrajudicial killings by the government or its agents.

Significant human rights issues included credible reports of: unlawful or arbitrary executions, including extrajudicial killings by the government or its agents; enforced disappearance by the government or its agents; torture and cases of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment by the government or its agents; harsh and life-threatening prison conditions; Arbitrary detention; political prisoners; transnational repression against individuals in another country; arbitrary or unlawful interference with privacy; severe restrictions on freedom of expression and the media, including violence against journalists, unjustified arrests and disappearances of journalists, censorship and criminal defamation laws, and blasphemy laws; serious restrictions on internet freedom; substantial interference with freedom of peaceful assembly and freedom of association, including laws that are overly restrictive for the operation of non-governmental organizations and civil society organizations; severe restrictions on religious freedom; restrictions on freedom of movement; serious government corruption; lack of investigation and accountability for gender violence; offenses involving violence or threats of violence against members of racial and ethnic minorities; crimes involving violence or threats of violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or intersex persons; the existence or use of laws criminalizing sexual conduct between consenting adults of the same sex; restrictions on the freedom of association of workers; and existence of the worst forms of child labor, the report added.
The individual reports cover 198 countries and territories and provide factual and objective information based on credible reports of events that occurred throughout 2022.
These reports are meticulously compiled by the US Department of State.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken will deliver on-camera remarks on the release of the 2022 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices at 11:30 a.m. on March 20, 2023, in the Department of State Press Briefing Room. US State
Acting Assistant Secretary Erin Barclay of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor will take questions in the briefing room immediately following Secretary Blinken’s remarks.
Each country report speaks for itself, describing practice reports in calendar year 2022 in light of international law and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Some of the reports highlight registry violations and abuses that are appalling in their scale and severity.
Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine that began in February 2022 has resulted in mass death and destruction, with reports of members of Russian forces committing war crimes and other atrocities, including summary executions of civilians, and horrifying accounts of violence. of gender, including sexual violence. against women and children, read the report.
In Iran, the regime responded with brutality and violence to peaceful protests across the country following the tragic death of Mahsa Jina Amini while in the custody of the so-called “morality police.”
This year’s country report documents in detail the Iranian regime’s violent crackdown and its continued denial of the Iranian people’s universal human rights and fundamental freedoms, including freedom of expression and religion or belief, the report added. (ME TOO)