{"id":99194,"date":"2021-02-04T12:21:57","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T17:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=99194"},"modified":"2021-02-04T18:28:34","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T23:28:34","slug":"reuters-u-s-deeply-disturbed-by-reports-of-systematic-rape-of-muslims-in-china-camps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=99194","title":{"rendered":"(Reuters) U.S. &#8216;deeply disturbed&#8217; by reports of systematic rape of Muslims in China camps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The United States is \u201cdeeply disturbed\u201d by reports of systematic rape and sexual abuse against women in internment camps for ethnic Uighurs and other Muslims in China\u2019s Xinjiang region and there must be serious consequences for atrocities committed there, the U.S. State Department said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>A BBC report earlier on Wednesday said women in the camps were subject to rape, sexual abuse and torture. The British broadcaster said \u201cseveral former detainees and a guard have told the BBC they experienced or saw evidence of an organized system of mass rape, sexual abuse and torture.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked to comment, a State Department spokeswoman said: \u201cWe are deeply disturbed by reports, including first-hand testimony, of systematic rape and sexual abuse against women in internment camps for ethnic Uighurs and other Muslims in Xinjiang.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The spokeswoman reiterated U.S. charges that China has committed \u201ccrimes against humanity and genocide\u201d in Xinjiang and added: \u201cThese atrocities shock the conscience and must be met with serious consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-china-xinjiang-usa\/u-s-deeply-disturbed-by-reports-of-systematic-rape-of-muslims-in-china-camps-idUSKBN2A338W\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">U.S. &#39;deeply disturbed&#39; by reports of systematic rape of Muslims in China camps <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mt5fGjzgWB\">https:\/\/t.co\/mt5fGjzgWB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HczEtNw2XL\">pic.twitter.com\/HczEtNw2XL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Reuters (@Reuters) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Reuters\/status\/1357135799213568000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 4, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States is \u201cdeeply disturbed\u201d by reports of systematic rape and sexual abuse against women in internment camps for ethnic Uighurs and other Muslims in China\u2019s Xinjiang region and there must be serious consequences for atrocities committed there, the<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=99194\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[209,502,168,144,426,151,108,157],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-americau-s-a","category-china","category-ethics-moral-theology","category-foreign-relations","category-islam","category-politics-in-general","category-religion-culture","category-religious-freedom-persecution"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=99194"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99197,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99194\/revisions\/99197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=99194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=99194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=99194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}