or-politics.com
24 October 2015
The pompous reception for Xi Jinping made his critics though in the shadows, but he made them not invisible. A group of human rights activists called, inter alia, “Do not sell the human rights” and “China buys the British silence on Tibet”.
A British politician had previously said Beijing appreciate the discretion of London, when it comes to human rights.
The comments had outraged the opposition in Westminster. At a protest in parliament accused Fabian Hamilton of the Labour Party Prime Minister David Cameron, human rights for sale.
“This is no country, which we should let it go its human rights violations, the government wants to ignore our all too willingly, for the sake of economic growth,” said Hamilton.
The British government considers human rights issues should be discussed behind closed doors. That would be better than to interfere openly in innnere Affairs.
“It is very worrying that the government apparently wants to talk about trade,” said David Mepham, head of Amnesty International UK. “The human rights and solidarity with those who suffer from the Chinese state are swept aside easily.”
How hard can it have human rights activists in China, showing the case of Liu Xiaobo.
The co-author of “Charter 08″ for democratic reform in China was sentenced to eleven years in prison for “inciting subversion of state power”.
Twelve Nobel laureate now demanded in a letter from Prime Minister David Cameron to stand up publicly for the release of Nobel Peace Prize. So completely do not trust the British backroom diplomacy well.
The charm offensive against Beijing also met with the Uyghur criticism.
The Muslim Turkic people feel oppressed by China. The chairman of the World Uyghur Congress said the red carpet for Xi was soaked with the blood of the minorities. Beijing described the remarks as “absurd” violations of human rights are denounced, especially in the autonomous region of Xinjiang in western China and Tibet.
According to Human Rights Watch in these regions are ethnic discrimination, as well as religious and cultural oppression with the struggle against separatism and terrorism begründet.Mehr to: China United Kingdom Human Rights Xi Jinping
