{"id":1929398,"date":"2023-05-12T02:26:37","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T06:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disney-reneges-on-meeting-with-uyghur-genocide-victims-lawmakers-say\/"},"modified":"2023-05-12T02:28:59","modified_gmt":"2023-05-12T06:28:59","slug":"disney-reneges-on-meeting-with-uyghur-genocide-victims-lawmakers-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disney-reneges-on-meeting-with-uyghur-genocide-victims-lawmakers-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney backs out of meeting with Uyghur genocide victims, say lawmakers."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdisney-reneges-on-meeting-with-uyghur-genocide-victims-lawmakers-say%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1929398&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Disney Must Take Responsibility for its Actions and Make Amends<\/h2>\n<p>Lawmakers are calling out Disney for reneging on their offer to meet with Uyghur genocide victims, raising concerns that the company is kowtowing to the Chinese government. A group of Uyghurs, their families, and advocates reached out to Disney to discuss the company\u2019s friendly relationship with Beijing and its decision to shoot a film in the province where the CCP is oppressing the country\u2019s Muslim minority. But while Disney initially agreed to meet, the company &#8220;suddenly cut off the correspondence&#8221; and have since &#8220;evaded meeting with victims of the Uyghur genocide.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The letter comes as Congress steps up investigations into American companies\u2019 willingness to cooperate with China. The House Select Committee on China is investigating Nike and Adidas for their reliance on Chinese slave labor. The letter is also the latest political dustup for Disney, which has been locked in an ongoing battle with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R.).<\/p>\n<h3>Disney\u2019s Involvement in the Uyghur Genocide<\/h3>\n<p>Human rights groups attempted to schedule the aborted meeting on behalf of the Uyghur victims in order to discuss Disney\u2019s live-action Mulan. The film was shot in China\u2019s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, ground-zero for the CCP\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-the-biden-admin-is-protecting-syrias-assad-from-sanctions\/\" title=\"How the Biden Admin Is Protecting Syria\u2019s Assad From Sanctions\">mass <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/communist-china-demands-u-s-canada-review-and-redress-genocide-against-indigenous-people\/\" title=\"Communist China Demands U.S., Canada \u2018Review And Redress Genocide\u2019 Against Indigenous People\">human rights crimes<\/a><\/a> against the Muslim ethnic minority.<\/p>\n<p>The film&#8217;s credits also &#8220;thanked several Chinese government agencies,&#8221; including the Public Security Bureau of Turpan, which was sanctioned by the Trump administration for human rights crimes. Disney also thanked the Publicity Department of CPC Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Committee, &#8220;the CCP propaganda arm charged with covering up the abuses,&#8221; according to the letter.<\/p>\n<p>While filming Mulan, &#8220;Disney cooperated with Chinese security and propaganda authorities active in the [Xinjiang region], including ones complicit in Beijing\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/longtime-ethiopian-diplomat-resigns-in-protest-of-countrys-genocide\/\" title=\"Longtime Ethiopian Diplomat Resigns in Protest of Country\u2019s Genocide\">human rights atrocities<\/a>,&#8221; according to the lawmakers, who say &#8220;it strains credulity that Disney was unaware of the genocide occurring around its film sets.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Disney Must Take Action<\/h3>\n<p>Lawmakers are pressing Disney CEO Robert Iger and other executives to &#8220;make amends&#8221; with the Uyghur dissident community by publicly meeting with genocide victims, alongside members of Congress. &#8220;Disney publicly praised Chinese Communist Party agencies committing genocide and then privately scorned their victims,&#8221; said Rep. Jim Banks (R., Ind.). &#8220;It\u2019s time for Disney to own up to its mistakes and make amends.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Disney has faced criticism for its friendly relations with the Chinese government and compliance with the country\u2019s strict media censorship. Shareholders have reportedly asked the company to come clean about its business dealings with the CCP. It\u2019s time for Disney to take responsibility for its actions and make amends.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Disney must publicly meet with Uyghur genocide victims and members of Congress<\/li>\n<li>Disney must come clean about its business dealings with the CCP<\/li>\n<li>Disney must take a stand against human rights abuses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;It\u2019s time for Disney to own up to its mistakes and make amends&#8217; Disney CEO Bob Iger (Getty Images) Disney executives reneged on an offer to meet with Uyghur genocide victims, which lawmakers say raises concerns that the company is kowtowing to the Chinese government. 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