China sanctions two Canadian organizations supporting Uyghurs and Tibetans

China said Sunday it would impose sanctions on two Canadian organizations and around 20 people who support Uighurs and Tibetans.

Beijing accuses them of interfering in the country's internal affairs.

Two ONG Canadian companies, the Uighur Rights Defense Project (URAP) and the Canada-Tibet Committee, as well as 20 people linked to it, have their assets frozen and are banned from Chinese territory, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Sunday .

Mehmet Tohti, the director ofANOINTING reacted to the news on Sunday on the social network a badge of honor and the most powerful catalyst for achieving morehe declared.

China regularly criticizes Canada for interfering in the Uyghur issue, in particular by raising allegations about forced labor in the province of Xinjiang.

A response to Ottawa sanctions

On December 10, on the occasion of International Human Rights Day, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mélanie Joly, announced sanctions against eight senior Chinese officials, former or current, involved in serious human rights violations in the country.

Canada is deeply concerned by reports that China has arbitrarily detained more than a million people in Xinjiang since 2017, many of whom have been held in camps and subjected to psychological, physical and sexual violencementioned the Ottawa press release published for the occasion.

He also mentioned the case of violations against the Tibetans, including forced labor, arbitrary detention and restrictions on freedom of religion.