US NSA: China 'shaving heads' of Uighur women and 'making hair products'

United States National Security viser said on October 16 that Chinese officials are shaving hes of Uighur women in so-called vocational centres in Xinjiang to make hair products and send m to US. While speaking at a webinar hosted by Aspen Insitute, Robert O’Brien highlighted crackdowns by China including one in Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement and China’s far rthwest area. O’Brien was one of speakers at online event on ‘President Trump’s National Security nda’ on Friday. He even accused China of carrying out “something close to” gecide in remote region.

" Chinese are literally shaving hes of Uighur women and making hair products and sending m to United States," he said while referring to seizures me by US customs of “massive numbers” of hair products me with human hair from Xinjiang. 

As per reports, earlier in June US Customs and Border Protection said that it h detained a shipment originating in Xinjiang of hair products as well as accessories that are suspected of being forced-labour products me with human hair. At time, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo h also labelled reports of China using forced sterilization, abortion against Muslim mirity as “shocking” and “disturbing”.

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Recently, US House of Representatives h even voted 406-3 to declare that any goods produced in Xinjiang are ‘presumptively’ me with forced labour of Uighur Muslims along with or ethnic mirities. refore, it banned such items from being imported to United States. If this bill is enacted into law, it could force firms to avoid a region that produces nearly 80 per cent of cotton in China along with one of world’s top producers of fibre, tomatoes and manufactured goods. 

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US lawmakers h reportedly said that measure was essential to press China to stop its campaign. United Nations (UN) has estimated that re are nearly one million Muslims who have been detained in Asian country’s remote region. Meanwhile, activists claim that several human rights violations are taking place in Xinjiang. But, China has categorically denied all allegations and claims that camps in area are set up to provide ‘vocational training’ to tackle extremism. 

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China blasts US on bill over forced labour

Last month, China lashed out at pass of a bill by US House of Representatives that threatens sanctions over alleged use of forced labour. Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin t only dismissed accusations as “lie” but said that US bill “maliciously slandered human rights situation in Xinjiang” and curbed development. 

“ so-called problem of forced labour is totally a lie fabricated by some organizations and personnel in United States and West,” Wang as quoted by AP. 

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(With Inputs/Im: AP)