Indian-Americans Protest Chinese Aggression, Human Right Violations

Business Standard Indian-Americans protest Chinese aggression, human right violations

A group of Indian-Americans from in and around the national capital held a protest against China's aggression towards India and human right violations of Uyghur minority groups.

A group of Indian-Americans from in and around the national capital held a protest here against China's aggression towards India and the human right violations of Uyghur minority groups in the country's restive Muslim-majority Xinjiang region.

Maintaining social distancing and wearing masks, the peaceful protestors on Sunday gathered at the historic national mall facing the US Capitol and displayed anti-China posters, banners and raised slogans against the Communist Party of China and its leaders.

"This summer while the world was fighting coronavirus, China was trying to encroach upon other's land. It's not only in Ladakh in India but also against it's other neighbours as well. It's time that the world unites against this Chinese aggression," said Adapa Prasad from Overseas Friends of BJP USA. Indian and Chinese troops have been locked in a bitter standoff in several areas along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh since May 5. The situation deteriorated after the June 15 Galwan Valley clashes in which 20 Indian Army personnel were killed and an unconfirmed number of Chinese soldiers died.

"China's Communist party has infringed on the religious rights of the Uyghur community and violated human rights of people of Hong Kong, Puneet Ahluwalia, who is an Indian-American Republican and founder of the Proud American Political Action Committee, said.