MP calls on government to summon Chinese ambassador in support of Uighur Muslims

Jordan

Published: 2019-12-29 12:59

Last Updated: 2024-03-28 12:40


MP Khaled Al-Hyari
MP Khaled Al-Hyari

During today's Parliament session, MP Khaled Al-Hyari called on the government to summon the Chinese ambassador to confirm that Jordanians are against the aggression against Uighur Muslims in China.

Hyari said at the beginning of the session, "I ask the government to inform the Chinese ambassador that Jordanians are against the racist war against the Uighur minority."

He also called on the Arab and Islamic communities to protest against the crackdown on the Uighur minority.

China is facing growing criticism over its persecution of some Muslim minority groups, huge numbers of whom are allegedly being held in internment camps, according to the BBC

In August 2018, a UN committee heard that up to one million Uighur Muslims and other Muslim groups could be being detained in the western Xinjiang region, where they're said to be undergoing "re-education" programmes.

The claims were made by rights groups, but China denies the allegations. At the same time, there's growing evidence of oppressive surveillance against people living in Xinjiang.

Uighurs are ethnically Turkic Muslims, and there are about 11 million of them in western China.

Human Rights Watch says Uighur people, in particular, are subject to intense surveillance and are made to give DNA and biometric samples. Those with relatives in 26 "sensitive" countries have reportedly been rounded up, and up to a million detained. Rights groups say people in camps are made to learn Mandarin Chinese and criticize or renounce their faith.