Ghana Union in Norway condemns inhuman treatment of Africans in China

&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Members of the Ghana Union in Norway &lpar;Kristiansand Chapter&rpar;&comma; wish to condemn the inhuman treatment meted out on Africans in the Chinese city of Ghangzhou&comma; linked to the global pandemic COVID-19&period;The union has Chairman&comma; Stephen  Zamore&semi;  Vice Chairman&comma; Emmanuel Tay&semi;  Secretary&comma; Joseph Kyei-Boateng&semi;  Financial Secretary&comma; Priscilla Serwaa and  Organiser&comma; Joseph Agana as some of its principal officers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">In a statement they jointly signed and made available to OpenLife&comma; the union emphasized that its condemnation comes on the backdrop of a story reported by the UK-based media organisation&comma;&nbsp&semi; the Guardian&comma; on the headline&colon; &&num;8220&semi;China fails to stop racism against Africans over COVID-19&&num;8221&semi; published on 29&period;04&period;2020&comma; which caught the attention of the union&period; The story mentioned that some of the Africans maltreated by Chinese nationals came from Nigeria&comma; Ethiopia and Ghana&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">We find this distasteful in the eyes of respect for humanity&period; We believe for the global population of over 7&period;7 billion&comma; whether Africans or Asians&comma; North Americans or South Americans&comma; Europeans or Oceanians&comma; we are one people&comma; one family in the world&period; And that inhuman treatment on people here in Norway or any other country including China&comma; affects us both directly and indirectly&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">By this measure&comma; we expect China to resort to diplomacy and ride on the skins of international relations in dealing with foreign nationals in their country&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Even if Africans or others of different race are flouting national rules or laws in China&comma; we expect that Chinese officials to deal with them according to the law and not &nbsp&semi;subjecting them to inhuman treatment&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">We acknowledge the important role China plays in the global economy&period; However&comma; we expect that China&comma; as a member state of the United Nations &lpar;UN&rpar;&comma; a global body that unites people across continents and as a permanent member of the UN Security Council&comma; would commit to the UN 1948 Human Rights in respecting humanity irrespective of race&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">We also acknowledge that in as much as China is committed to joining the World Health Organisation&nbsp&semi; &lpar;WHO&rpar; in finding solution to the COVID-19&comma; it must also commit to respecting humanity&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">We are&comma; by this&comma; urging all African embassies and missions in China&comma; especially&comma; those of Nigeria&comma; Ethiopia and Ghana&comma; to rise to mend the &&num;8220&semi;broken issues&&num;8221&semi; with China on behalf of their nationals victimising such dehumanisation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;