Human Rights Watch has accused authorities in China's Guangdong province of singling out people of African descent for coronavirus testing. It characterizes the tests as forcible — and says landlords evicted Africans as they were forced to quarantine.
Guangzhou is the capital and the largest city in Guangdong, and it's where many of the racist incidents in the Human Rights Watch report allegedly took place.Guangzhou is the capital and the largest city in Guangdong, and it's where many of the racist incidents in the Human Rights Watch report allegedly took place.during the coronavirus pandemic.
Authorities in China's Guangdong province, home to China's largest African population, have singled out people of African descent for testing, the rights group alleges. It characterizes the tests as forcible, and says that as many Africans were forced to quarantine, landlords evicted them. Guangdong authorities said in April that all foreigners were required to submit to testing and quarantine. However, Human Rights Watch says that"in practice, the authorities just targeted Africans for forced testing and quarantine."
Many of the incidents that Human Rights Watch discusses allegedly took place in Guangzhou, the capital and the largest city in Guangdong. "Chinese authorities claim 'zero tolerance' for discrimination, but what they are doing to Africans in Guangzhou is a textbook case of just that," Human Rights Watch researcher Yaqiu Wang says in the release."Beijing should immediately investigate and hold accountable all officials and others responsible for discriminatory treatment."Guangdong has"unveiled measures requiring sectors ... to extend the same treatment to all from home and abroad.
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