China's "Democracy or Dictatorship?” The Real Chinese Hegemony.
China's "Democracy or Dictatorship?” The Real Chinese Hegemony.
China also raised the issue of human rights violation in Jammu & Kashmir. This comes at a time when Beijing is facing serious international charges of egregious human rights violation in Xinjiang, Tibet and, most recently, in Hong Kong in a violations of international human rights Law and laws of UNHRC. The battle over human rights and values is raging in Asia, particularly in China. Chinese government's human rights record is appalling crimes against humanity. This is a campaign of cultural genocide, an affront to humankind, and the world has barely batted an eyelash.
The outlook for human rights violations in Hongkong is grim and we see no sign of improvement. We described the current repression as the worst since 1989’s bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protests centred on Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. China’s growing influence means many of its rights violations now have international implications thereby drawing criticism from world leaders.
The extradition bill was seen as yet another encroachment by China on Hong Kong’s freedoms, Sea of demonstrators strongly protested in Hongkong against the extradition bill that would have allowed the extradition of criminal suspects to the mainland, legislation that first incited the protests three months ago.
Chinese police who have been accused by demonstrators and international rights groups of using excessive force, have used their capacity to suppress the protests until very recently. They pay no heed to protesters’ five demands, which include universal suffrage, amnesty for protesters and an investigation of the police’s conduct. It is far from clear how much success the Chinese authorities will have with their strategy of arresting protesters, resisting concessions and delaying negotiations. The arrests have begun to draw criticism from around the world.
A report of the commission of inquiry on human rights found that crimes against humanity have been committed in China. Those crimes include “extermination, murder, enslavement, torture, imprisonment, rape, forced abortions and other sexual violence, persecution on political, religious, racial and gender grounds, the forcible transfer of populations, the enforced disappearance of persons and the inhumane act of knowingly causing prolonged starvation.
China has decided on a policy of stepped-up arrests of demonstrators, who would be publicly labeled the most radical of the activists, China wants the Hong Kong police to carry out the arrests — not Chinese soldiers, whose intervention in the city’s affairs would be unprecedented. Conditions of Hongkong protestors are deteriorating, with prisoners of conscience suffering from torture, degradation, extra judicial Killings, enslavement, harassment and discrimination at the hands of Chinese authorities. Under Xi Jinping, repression against minority groups including uighur muslims has also been ratcheted up, with unconfirmed reports of hundreds of Muslim Uygurs and Kazakhs thrown into political re-education centres and detention camps. Tibetans also face onerous restrictions and government intrusions.
Beijing’s halting response to the protests in Hong Kong has raised questions about President Xi Jinping’s imperious style and authoritarian policies. China has already tried to deflect criticism of its arbitrary detention of more than a million Uighurs and other Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang.
It is ironical that a nation that has a chequered history of human rights violations in Tibet, Tiananmen, and currently in Xinjiang and Hong Kong, has sought to comment on the human rights situation in Jammu and Kashmir.
We Demand that the Hong Kong government immediately withdraw the extradition law amendments, ensure the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and allow an independent, impartial, effective and prompt investigation into the use of force by Hong Kong police against protesters. We support the High Commissioner’s call for full access to carry out an independent assessment of massive rights violations in China’s Xinjiang region. We urge all states to support the resolution to ensure an independent assessment of the situation and reporting by the High Commissioner. There is an urgent debate to create a fact-finding mission is essential for a credible response to this unfolding crisis, to deter further violations and facilitate accountability. The international community responded with righteous outrage—an outrage that came swiftly, but ultimately proved illusory. they do have leverage, which they can use to encourage Beijing to moderate its most deplorable behavior. Sanctions on individuals, organizations, and corporations complicit in egregious rights abuses are a potentially useful tool—one that should be implemented. No country should be exempt from international norms and standards. It is crucial that attention to China’s rights violations not lapse with the completion of its UPR, and that states speak collectively in support of full independent access, monitoring and reporting by the High Commissioner and relevant Special Procedures.
the growing global outcry over its mistreatment of Xinjiang’s Muslims has sent China into panic mode, using public as well as private pressure to block concerted international action.
the countries also called on China to cooperate with the UN high commissioner for human rights and UN experts to allow meaningful access to the region. They urged China “to allow meaningful access to Xinjiang” for UN and independent international observers, and asked the high commissioner to keep the Human Rights Council (HRC) regularly informed on the situation. The fact that many countries are now willing to call for an independent international assessment reflects skepticism about China’s pronouncements about the situation in Xinjiang. That nearly double the number of countries have joined the current effort reflects growing international concern over the situation in Xinjiang.