China committed genocide against Uyghurs, independent tribunal rules
China committed genocide against Uyghurs, independent tribunal rules https://t.co/5oSp0j27Qu
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The Chinese government’s human rights record has been in the news. President Biden recently announced a “diplomatic boycott ” of the upcoming Winter Olympics in China. Other countries have joined the boycott.
“China has committed genocide against the Uyghur people in Xinjiang, an unofficial UK-based tribunal has found.
The Uyghur Tribunal cited birth control and sterilisation measures allegedly carried out by the state against the Uyghurs as the primary reason for reaching its conclusion on Thursday.
Sir Geoffrey Nice, a prominent British barrister who chaired the tribunal hearings, said its panel was satisfied China had carried out `a deliberate, systematic and concerted policy’ to bring about `long-term reduction of Uyghur and other ethnic minority populations’. He added that the panel believed senior officials including the Chinese president Xi Jinping bore `primary responsibility’ for the abuses against Muslim minorities in the Xinjiang region.”
Here is the tribunal’s judgment.
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