‘Laughable hypocrisy’: Tory MPs reject China’s extraordinary claims of institutional racism and hate crime in Britain…despite UN report finding Beijing responsible for ‘crimes against humanity’ in Xinjiang
China accuses UK of racism and hate crimes in UN report on human rights in UK
Tory MPs called the claims “ridiculous” and “hypocritical” over China’s human rights violations
UN found China responsible for ‘crimes against humanity’ in Xinjiang province
China called on the UK to ‘stop meddling’ under the pretext of human rights
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China has accused Britain of institutional racism and hate crime in an extraordinary submission to a United Nations report on human rights in the UK.
The communist state, accused of crimes against humanity, is demanding that the UK stop “interfering in the internal affairs of other countries under the pretext of human rights”.
Amazingly, it also calls on the UK to ‘combat religious discrimination and intolerance’ – despite its ruthless crackdown on minority groups.
Tory MPs said China’s claims were “ridiculous” and “hypocritical”.
Chinese Ambassador to the UN Zhang Jun speaks at a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Dec. 22
The questions from China were addressed by Justice Minister Mike Freer (pictured) at a session of the UN in November last year
The UN conducts periodic human rights assessments in all its 193 member states with the aim of improving the situation in each country. As part of that process, any member can make recommendations to another state, which must then act on them.
These then form part of a report on the human rights situation in the member state, which is then distributed by the UN.
China’s submissions cast doubt on the effectiveness of the process, as it is able to accuse other countries of human rights violations, despite the many claims made against it.
One of the demands is that the UK must “remove the mentality of colonialism and address the root causes of its systemic racism, xenophobia and hate crime”.
It states that the UK must ‘investigate and hold accountable maltreatment and abuse of force in detention centres’.
The UK is “involuntarily detaining” migrants, it added, questioning what measures had been taken to protect their human rights.
It raised these concerns despite a UN report that found China responsible for “crimes against humanity” in Xinjiang province.
“Allegations of patterns of torture or ill-treatment, including forced medical treatment and adverse detention conditions, are credible, as are allegations of individual incidents of sexual and gender-based violence,” the statement said.
Elsewhere, China accused the UK of imposing “coercive measures” on developing countries in a reference to the pandemic.
It claimed that these measures “seriously violate the fundamental human rights of people in the targeted countries”.
China made these points despite imposing some of the most draconian lockdowns of any country in the world, many of which have only just been lifted.
A person stands in a tower on the edge of Detention Center No. 3 in Dabancheng in western China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region on April 23 last year
It also said there was “systemic, widespread and institutional discrimination against women in the UK” – despite allegations of rape and the forced sterilization of Uyghur women in China.
The communist state also asked the UK “what measures it intends to take to tackle chronic violence, sexual harassment, gender discrimination against women at work and the threat of poverty they face?”
A draft report containing these and other recommendations has now been prepared and the UK will respond early this year.
The questions from China were addressed by Justice Minister Mike Freer at a session of the UN in November last year.
A UK government spokesperson said: “The UK is committed to protecting human rights, both nationally and internationally.”
The UN did not respond to requests for comment.