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Uyghurs in Australia call for genocide declaration in wake of report into China’s Xinjiang region policies
Beijing is breaching each and every provision of the UN Genocide Convention, with “intent to destroy” the Uyghurs as a group in China’s north-western Xinjiang region, according to a major new report by a US-based think tank.
Key points:
- The CCP has violated “each and every act” prohibited in Article II of the genocide convention, a new report says
- The US and Canada have declared China’s persecution of Muslim minorities to be genocide
- Uyghurs in Australia live with survivor’s guilt and want the government to take action
The report, published by Newlines Institute for Strategy and Policy, is the first independent expert application of the 1948 Genocide Convention to the ongoing treatment of the Uyghurs in China.
Based on an “extensive review…
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