{"id":226528,"date":"2020-06-30T17:24:22","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T22:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=226528"},"modified":"2020-06-30T17:24:22","modified_gmt":"2020-06-30T22:24:22","slug":"investigation-china-forced-abortions-sterilization-minority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/investigation-china-forced-abortions-sterilization-minority\/","title":{"rendered":"New investigation shines light on China’s forced abortions and sterilization of minority women"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A recent investigation from the Associated Press (AP) is finally opening the world’s eyes to the genocide against Uighur Muslims in China.\u00a0In addition to the concentration camps<\/a> holding an estimated one million Uighurs, the AP investigation revealed that the Chinese government is taking “draconian measures” to prevent Uighurs from having children – including forced birth control and abortion, sterilization, and even ripping infants away from their mothers while they breastfeed.<\/p>\n

The AP’s sources for what it has labeled a “demographic genocide” include government statistics and documents, as well as interviews with 30 ex-detainees, family members, and a former detention camp instructor. Uighur women, along with other Chinese minorities, are regularly subjected to pregnancy checks by government officials. They are also being forcibly sterilized, are forced into intra-uterine device (IUDs) insertion, and are even forced into\u00a0abortions<\/a>. The AP estimates that this affects hundreds of thousands of people. Women who do not comply with government demands are sent to a concentration camp.<\/p>\n

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