Original title: The epidemic highlights the chronic disease of British racism. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs: The British side turns a blind eye to its own human rights issues, but is keen to be a teacher!
The British media recently reported that health inequality in the UK has been intensified due to the new crown pneumonia epidemic, and that the discrimination faced by ethnic minorities during medical treatment has become more serious. In addition, a report from a relevant British economic think tank shows that during the epidemic, the unemployment rate of minorities in the UK has risen. Some media analysts believe that the above situation has once again exposed the stubborn disease of racism in the UK.
At the regular press conference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs this afternoon (18th), a reporter asked Spokesperson Zhao Lijian a question.
Zhao Lijian said that British racism has intensified, with systematic discrimination against ethnic minorities, violent provocations and hate crimes on the rise. Since the outbreak, the medical and employment situation of minorities in the UK has further deteriorated. The authoritative medical journal “The Lancet” reports that British minorities face a greater risk of infection and death than whites. According to a report by the British Economic Think Tank, in the past year, the unemployment rate of African American and Asian young people in the UK has risen to 35% and 24%, which are nearly three times and nearly twice the unemployment rate of whites in the same age group. What is unexpected is that The British side not only refrained from self-examination and took concrete measures to protect the human rights of ethnic minorities, but also tried to surreptitiously change the situation and get through.
Zhao Lijian said that the British side issued a report on racial issues in March this year, stating that there is insufficient evidence to show that there is systemic and institutional racial discrimination in the UK. This practice of concealing one’s ears and stealing bells and trying to cover up has been strongly protested by the British minorities and generally questioned by all sectors of society. The United Nations Human Rights Council, the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, and the Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism and Racial Discrimination issued a joint statement, distorting and fabricating historical facts on the British report, and beautifying the clichés of the racial hierarchy as “white supremacy” Doctrine defense was strongly condemned.
Zhao Lijian pointed out that in addition to race issues, other human rights issues in the UK have emerged one after another. It can be said that they are indifferent to the health of the people internally and are stigmatized; externally, they owe debts for massacres and indiscriminate blood, and crimes are numerous. In the UK, one third of the families of children under the age of 5 are still living in poverty, many children are starving, and a large number of refugees and immigrants have suffered serious violations of their rights. In hundreds of years of colonial history, Britain has committed countless massacres all over the world. In South Africa, the world’s first concentration camp bears the shameful imprint of the British Empire. The British army indiscriminately killed and tortured innocents in Iraq, Afghanistan and other places, but the perpetrators were protected by the government and remained at large. The British side has turned a blind eye to its own human rights issues, but is keen to be a “teacher” and criticizes the human rights situation of other countries. Its hypocrisy and double standards are undoubtedly exposed. The British side does not have the right to interfere and pressure other countries under the guise of human rights. It should carefully examine its own human rights abuses and effectively correct existing problems instead of fabricating and attacking other countries out of thin air. (CCTV reporter Shen Yang Yang Yi)
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