In a statement, G7 foreign ministers cast China as a bully and accused the nation of committing human rights violations.
China condemned the Group of Seven (G7) nations on Thursday for committing a “wanton destruction” of international norms after its representatives issued a joint statement accusing the country of abuses against Tibetans, Uyghur Muslims, and citizens in Hong Kong. In a statement issued Wednesday by the G7, which comprises Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States, foreign ministers cast China as a bully and accused the nation of committing several human rights violations. “We continue to be deeply concerned about human rights violations and abuses in Xinjiang and in Tibet, especially the targeting of Uyghurs, members of other ethnic and religious minority groups, and the existence of a large-scale network of ‘political re-education’ camps, and reports of forced labour systems and forced sterilization,” the statement said. China has repeatedly been accused of placing over 1 million Uyghurs—a predominantly Turkish Muslim minority—into detainment camps in the Xinjiang region and forcing them to work in hazardous conditions against their will.
