China reverberates the same for the US and Canada sanctions

In response to sanctions imposed by the US and Canada over Xinjiang China reverberated the same against the US religious rights officials and a Canadian lawmaker on Saturday.

Beijing has always been pushing back against the sanctions. The latest one has come for the comment on Uighur Muslims and other Turkic minorities’ rights violation in Xinjiang by the United States, European Union, Britain and Canada.

China will take measures against the US government’s Advisory Commission on International Religious Freedom’s chair and vice-chair, Gayle Manchin and Tony Perkins, the foreign ministry said.

It also sanctioned Canadian Member of Parliament Michael Chong, vice-chair of parliament’s Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Activists and U.N. rights experts say at least a million Muslims have been detained in camps in Xinjiang. The activists and some Western politicians accuse China of using torture, forced labour and sterilisations.

China has repeatedly denied all accusations of abuse and says its camps offer vocational training and are needed to fight extremism.