China takes action against Canadian institutions, individuals over Uyghurs, Tibet By Reuters

BEIJING (Reuters) – China said on Sunday it was taking action against two Canadian organizations and 20 people involved in human rights concerns about Uyghurs and Tibet.

The measures, which came into effect on Saturday, include the suspension of goods and entry restrictions and the targets include the Canadian Project for the Advocacy of Uyghur Rights and the Canada-Tibet Committee, China’s foreign ministry announced on the website yours.

Rights groups accuse Beijing of widespread abuse of Uyghurs, a Muslim minority of about 10 million in the western region of Xinjiang, including the widespread use of forced labor camps. Beijing denies any aggression.

China took control of Tibet in 1950 in what it described as “peaceful liberation” from feudal serfdom. However, international human rights organizations and those who have been exiled, have been constantly criticizing what they call the oppressive Chinese government in the Tibetan areas.

For these two institutions, China said it was suspending their “movable property, immovable property and other types of goods in China’s territory”. It is freezing the assets in China of 15 people from the Uyghur center and five from the Tibetan committee, barring them from entering China, including Hong Kong and Macau.

Calls to the Canadian embassy in Beijing were not answered. Reuters did not immediately receive a response from rights groups or Global Affairs Canada.