Washington, March 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Twenty-six US state Governors have released a joint statement condemning violence against Asian-Americans which has been on the rise since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic a year ago.
"What is happening to Asian-Americans is simply un-American. We condemn racism, violence and hatred against our AAPI (Asian American and Pacific Islander) communities, and we must do more to protect, lift up, and support the Asian American community," Xinhua news agency quoted the statement issued on Friday as saying.
The move came in the wake of shootings at three Asian-run spas in Atlanta, Georgia, earlier this month.
Eight people, six of them Asian women, were killed in the shooting.
"The tragic loss of loved ones in Atlanta that left eight people dead, including six Asian=Americans, is part of a long and painful litany of acts of hate against Asian Americans across the community," said the statement.
The statement was signed by two Republican governors and their 24 Democratic counterparts including Governor Lourdes Leon Guerrero of the territory of Guam.
According to Stop AAPI Hate, a California-based non-profit social organisation tracking incidents of violence against Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders, it received nearly 3,800 reports of attack or abuse against people of Asian descent between March 2020 to February 2021.
Source: IANS
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