Islamabad; 04 Dec 2020 – China has categorically rejected Canadian Foreign Ministers concern over the publication of pictures of Australian troops killing innocent civilians including children in Afghanistan. Spokesperson of Foreign Ministry of China has asked what are human rights in your eyes?
During a press briefing , the representative of Shenzhen TV questioned that Press Secretary for Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister said he’s shocked to see the “fabricated image” describing Australian soldiers’ crimes in Afghanistan posted by the Chinese side. Do you have a comment?
Spokesperson of Foreign Ministry of China Hua Chunying replied “The merits of this incident are so clear, and yet still there are people alleging it’s a fake photo and saying they are shocked. Their words are what I am shocked by.
The serious crimes some Australian soldiers committed in Afghanistan have been affirmed in the report by the Australian defense department. Major General Brereton and his team interviewed more than 400 witnesses, reviewed over 20,000 documents and 25,000 images.
“The report in several places states there is credible information that some Australian soldiers committed crimes in grave violation of international humanitarian law, and the released version of the report has been “redacted for security, privacy and other reasons” with some facts undisclosed. It has been covered by Australian media and The Guardian. More and more media outlets from many countries have been coming up with more and more details.”Spokesperson continued.
Brutal killing of innocent lives and crimes trampling upon human conscience, no matter committed by whom or which country, should be rejected and condemned by everyone in the world that has a conscience.
“This is human rights. This is equity. This is justice. Australia and its a few allies, instead of repenting on themselves, accused China of disinformation. I wonder if they can explain what disinformation is, who should be the one to define disinformation, and what they mean by human rights? Aren’t the crimes by some Australian soldiers in Afghanistan true? Doesn’t the CG comic that made Australia fly into a rage reflect what really happened? Is fact distortion the value they uphold? Is it their proud value that other people’s lives don’t matter so long as they can save their own face? Is it their shared value to pin the blame to others just to whitewash themselves?” She stressed.
In this sense, the caricature is a mirror showing the hypocrisy and double standards of a few people in these few countries.
“It is my hope that they can distinguish right from wrong, take concrete actions to practice all the values they have been chanting, and truly respect and protect human rights.”Hua Chunying concluded.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/nov/19/australian-special-forces-involved-in-of-39-afghan-civilians-war-crimes-report-alleges?fbclid=IwAR0Rt-ax_7yAN5glX3SCIuLoIBN07r4TVBXDRvUIwdMzBN3Qmwc4Y-Yt2mg
