{"id":2988,"date":"2020-10-26T16:27:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-26T20:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/rubio-merkley-cornyn-cardin-renew-request-for-formal-public-determination-on-chinas-atrocities-in-xinjiang-2020\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:06:11","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:06:11","slug":"rubio-merkley-cornyn-cardin-renew-request-for-formal-public-determination-on-chinas-atrocities-in-xinjiang-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/rubio-merkley-cornyn-cardin-renew-request-for-formal-public-determination-on-chinas-atrocities-in-xinjiang-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"RUBIO, MERKLEY, CORNYN Y CARDIN RENOVAN SOLICITUD DE DETERMINACI\u00d3N P\u00daBLICA FORMAL SOBRE LAS ATROCIDADES DE CHINA EN XINJIANG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Washington DC - <\/b>Los senadores estadounidenses Marco Rubio (R-FL), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), John Cornyn (R-TX) y Ben Cardin (D-MD) enviaron una carta al Secretario de Estado Mike Pompeo renovando su solicitud al Departamento de Estado. emitir una determinaci\u00f3n formal sobre si las atrocidades que se est\u00e1n cometiendo en la Regi\u00f3n Aut\u00f3noma Uigur de Xinjiang (XUAR) equivalen a genocidio.<\/p>\n<p>A principios de este a\u00f1o, a Rubio y Merkley se unieron el senador Bob Men\u00e9ndez (D-NJ), los representantes James P. McGovern (D-MA), Christopher Smith (R-NJ) y 73 miembros del Senado y la C\u00e1mara de Representantes en <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rubio.senate.gov\/public\/index.cfm\/2020\/7\/rubio-menendez-mcgovern-smith-lead-bipartisan-bicameral-letter-on-chinese-government-atrocities-in-xinjiang\">enviando<\/a> una carta al Secretario de Estado Mike Pompeo y al Secretario del Tesoro Steven Mnuchin sobre las atrocidades en curso en la XUAR contra los uigures y otras minor\u00edas musulmanas.<\/p>\n<p>Rubio es copresidente de la Comisi\u00f3n Ejecutiva del Congreso sobre China (CECC), bipartidista y bicameral, y miembro del Comit\u00e9 de Relaciones Exteriores del Senado.<\/p>\n<p>Merkley es comisionado de la CECC y miembro del Comit\u00e9 de Relaciones Exteriores del Senado, donde forma parte del Subcomit\u00e9 de Asia Oriental, el Pac\u00edfico y Pol\u00edtica Internacional de Ciberseguridad.<\/p>\n<p>El <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rubio.senate.gov\/public\/_cache\/files\/00cc3b12-a657-41d0-ad44-04e75b1dca1b\/E9BB1DAF73F21C0E5D7758D99B587DA8.20.10.26-letter-to-secretary-pompeo-re-atrocity-crimes-determination-for-xinjiang.pdf\">texto completo de la carta<\/a> Esta abajo:<\/p>\n<p>Estimado Secretario Pompeo:<\/p>\n<p>Escribimos nuevamente con respecto a nuevas pruebas sobre abusos sistem\u00e1ticos y extensos contra los derechos humanos que se est\u00e1n cometiendo en la Regi\u00f3n Aut\u00f3noma Uigur de Xinjiang (XUAR) en la Rep\u00fablica Popular China. El an\u00e1lisis de im\u00e1genes satelitales muestra que Beijing est\u00e1 ampliando su capacidad para detener permanentemente a poblaciones de minor\u00edas \u00e9tnicas. Desde 2017 se construyeron o ampliaron considerablemente m\u00e1s de 380 centros de detenci\u00f3n y prisiones, lo que demuestra una vez m\u00e1s que la intenci\u00f3n a largo plazo del Partido Comunista Chino es asimilar o eliminar por la fuerza a los uigures y otras minor\u00edas \u00e9tnicas musulmanas.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Las atrocidades que se est\u00e1n cometiendo en la XUAR requieren una respuesta contundente. Adem\u00e1s del internamiento masivo y el trabajo forzoso, en julio le escribimos sobre mujeres obligadas a someterse a esterilizaciones y abortos para que el gobierno chino pueda controlar el tama\u00f1o de las familias de las etnias uigures y kazajos. Los esfuerzos sistem\u00e1ticos para limitar coercitivamente a la poblaci\u00f3n de comunidades de minor\u00edas \u00e9tnicas son atroces y, junto con las pol\u00edticas de Beijing de internamiento masivo y trabajos forzados, probablemente constituyen cr\u00edmenes atroces seg\u00fan la legislaci\u00f3n estadounidense.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ha sido una pol\u00edtica de larga data de Estados Unidos garantizar que los funcionarios del gobierno chino responsables de la aplicaci\u00f3n coercitiva de las pol\u00edticas de control demogr\u00e1fico rindan cuentas (ver 8 USC 1182e). Dada la atroz intenci\u00f3n que sustenta estas pol\u00edticas en la XUAR, le pedimos que contin\u00fae empleando las sanciones Global Magnitsky y otras medidas para cualquier individuo o entidad c\u00f3mplice de la implementaci\u00f3n de las pol\u00edticas masivas de internamiento arbitrario, trabajo forzoso y control coercitivo de la poblaci\u00f3n, as\u00ed como cualquier otro abuso de los derechos humanos.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pero se necesitan m\u00e1s que sanciones adicionales. Estados Unidos ha hecho de la prevenci\u00f3n del genocidio y otros cr\u00edmenes atroces una prioridad a trav\u00e9s de la ratificaci\u00f3n de la Convenci\u00f3n para la Prevenci\u00f3n y la Sanci\u00f3n del Delito de Genocidio en 1988 y la promulgaci\u00f3n de la Ley Elie Wiesel de Prevenci\u00f3n del Genocidio y Atrocidades (PL 115- 441). Renovamos nuestra solicitud para que el Departamento emita una determinaci\u00f3n p\u00fablica sobre si se est\u00e1n cometiendo cr\u00edmenes atroces en la XUAR y si estos cr\u00edmenes equivalen a genocidio. Hacerlo centrar\u00e1 a\u00fan m\u00e1s los recursos de la Administraci\u00f3n para abordar y exponer los delitos en la XUAR y demostrar el liderazgo estadounidense ante la comunidad internacional.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tambi\u00e9n pedimos que el Departamento dedique recursos diplom\u00e1ticos adicionales a alentar a las Naciones Unidas a tomar medidas significativas. Recientemente, m\u00e1s de 50 expertos especiales de las Naciones Unidas se unieron a una coalici\u00f3n global de 321 grupos de la sociedad civil para pedir la creaci\u00f3n de un mecanismo independiente de derechos humanos sobre los abusos sistem\u00e1ticos y atroces de los derechos humanos por parte del gobierno chino, incluso en la XUAR. Estos esfuerzos necesitan el apoyo constante y vocal de Estados Unidos para garantizar que haya atenci\u00f3n y condena global a las pol\u00edticas del gobierno chino.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Por \u00faltimo, la Ley de Pol\u00edtica de Derechos Humanos de los Uigures (PL 116-145) exige un informe p\u00fablico sobre las condiciones de los derechos humanos en la XUAR. Dado el importante trabajo de los investigadores y periodistas independientes sobre este tema, solicitamos que el Departamento consulte con ellos e incorpore esos datos, junto con la investigaci\u00f3n y la recopilaci\u00f3n de inteligencia del propio gobierno, en el informe requerido al Congreso.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Estamos dispuestos a colaborar en sus esfuerzos por abordar los atroces abusos contra los derechos humanos por parte del gobierno chino.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Atentamente,<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C. &mdash; U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), John Cornyn (R-TX), and Ben Cardin (D-MD) sent a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo renewing their request for the State Department to issue a formal determination of whether the atrocities being committed in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) amount to genocide. 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