U.S. National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien said the treatment of Muslims in China is very close to a genocide. During a webinar on Thursday, he noted that the U.S. had found sufficient evidence pointing to the genocide-like treatment of Uighur and other minority Muslims in Xinjiang, China.
O’Brien’s remarks came after a recent slew of U.SS sanctions were imposed on Chinese’ leaders suspected of abusing human rights, including alleged forced labor and torture in interment camps throughout the region.