islamabadPakistan has hit back at a tweet from the official handle of the Pakistan Consulate General Chengdu, which said the country would “work closely on matters of mutual interest, including the rights and freedoms of the Uyghur community.” The tweet thanking China for its support to flood victims was seen as the first instance of Pakistan coming out in support of the Uyghur community, a predominantly Turkic-speaking ethnic group in China’s northwestern region of Xinjiang, known as “Serious Man” has suffered. Violation of Rights” from Beijing.
(Screenshot of now deleted tweet)
The United Nations previously released a report saying that China is responsible for “serious human rights violations” in Xinjiang province and that mass detentions in China’s Xinjiang region from 2017 to 2019 included “torture, sexual violence and forced labor”. was marked by the reliable document of , as well as forced abortion and sterilization.”
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‘Account hacked’: Pakistan hits back at tweet
However, hours after the tweet, Pakistan’s Foreign Office spokesperson said that the Twitter account of Pakistan’s Consulate General Chengdu, China “has been hacked.” The spokesperson further added that “any tweet or message issued by this account is not by the Consulate General of Pakistan, Chengdu, nor does it reflect the position of the Government of Pakistan.”
Twitter account of Consulate General of Pakistan in Chengdu@PakinChengdu‘ has been hacked. To date, none of the tweets or messages issued by this account have been carried out by the Pakistani Consulate General in Chengdu nor does it reflect the position of the Government of Pakistan.
– Pakistan Embassy China (@PakinChina_) January 14, 2023
Human rights violations against Uyghurs
China has been accused for years of detaining more than one million Uighurs and other Muslims in the Xinjiang region. China has vehemently denied the allegations, insisting that it is running vocational centers set up to counter the insurgency. UN human rights experts have raised serious concerns about the alleged detention and forced labor of Muslim Uyghurs in China, urging them to conduct fact-finding missions in the country and to closely scrutinize global and domestic companies in their supply chains Is.
(with agency inputs)