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China said on Sunday it was taking countermeasures against two Canadian institutions and 20 people involved in human rights issues related to Uyghurs and Tibet.
The measures, which came into effect on Saturday, include asset freezes and entry bans and targets include Canada’s Uyghur Rights Defense Project and the Canada-Tibet Committee, China’s Foreign Ministry announces on its site. web.
Human rights groups accuse Beijing of widespread abuses against the Uyghurs, a largely Muslim ethnic minority that numbers around 10 million in the western Xinjiang region, including massive use of forced labor in fields. Beijing denies any abuse.
China took control of Tibet in 1950 in what it describes as a “peaceful liberation” from feudal serfdom. However, international human rights groups and exiles have routinely condemned what they call China’s oppressive rule in Tibetan areas.
For the two institutions, China said it is freezing their “movable property, real estate and other types of assets within the territory of China.” Freezes the properties in China of 15 people from the Uyghur institution and five from the Tibet committee, prohibiting them from entering China, including Hong Kong and Macau.
Canada recently announced sanctions against several Chinese officials, citing “serious human rights violations.”
“Canada is deeply concerned about human rights violations in Xinjiang and Tibet and against those who practice Falun Gong,” said Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs in a statement issued earlier this month.
Calls to the Canadian embassy in Beijing went unanswered. Reuters did not receive an immediate response from human rights groups or Global Affairs Canada.
