The head of American diplomacy Antony Blinken on Saturday March 27 denounced the “
baseless
”
sanctions
taken by China against two American officials in the Uyghur dossier, assuring that this would only strengthen “
international attention
” on the “
genocide
”
In Xinjiang.
A statement in response to the sanctions pronounced the same day by China against two Americans, members of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, Gayle Manchin and Tony Perkins, a Canadian and a Canadian parliamentary commission on human rights.
They are accused by Chinese diplomacy of imposing sanctions "
on the basis of rumors and disinformation
".
The sanctioned officials "
must stop all political manipulation on matters related to Xinjiang, stop meddling in China's internal affairs in any way
."
"
Otherwise, they will burn their fingers,
" warned the Chinese Foreign Ministry.
To read also: Uighurs: "Chinese Gulag"
The United States was not the only one to react.
The European Union, Great Britain had joined them last Monday by adopting sanctions against several members of the political and economic hierarchy of Xinjiang.
"
We stand in solidarity with Canada, the UK, the EU and other partners and allies around the world,
" replied Antony Blinken,
calling on the People's Republic of China to end human rights violations and abuses against predominantly Muslim Uyghurs and members of other ethnic and religious minority groups in Xinjiang and to release those arbitrarily detained
”