Menschenrechtsorganisationen zufolge sind in der chinesischen Region Xinjiang mindestens eine Million Angehörige der Uiguren und anderer muslimischer Minderheiten in Haftlagern eingesperrt. Dort werden sie demnach zur Aufgabe ihrer Religion, Kultur und Sprache gezwungen und misshandelt. In London hat ein unabhängiges Gremium jetzt mit der Anhörung von...
A series of hearings begins in London on Friday aiming to gather evidence on whether the Chinese government's alleged human rights abuses in the Xinjiang region constitute a genocide. An eight-member panel, chaired by the prominent British barrister Sir Geoffrey Nice, will hear from about 30...
Dozens are giving their accounts to a people’s tribunal in London, which China has dismissed as a ‘clumsy public opinion show’. A London-based people’s tribunal is investigating whether China’s alleged persecution of its Uighur minority amounts to genocide, with witness testimony detailing mass torture, rape and...
An independent tribunal in London began hearing testimony from witnesses and experts on Friday to determine whether the Chinese government has committed genocide in the Xinjiang region — in proceedings Beijing has called a “farce” and a “special machine producing lies.” The Uyghur Tribunal, made up...
A “people’s tribunal” set up to assess whether China’s alleged rights abuses against the Uyghur people constitute genocide has opened in London - Via AP news wire A “people’s tribunal” set up to assess whether China’s alleged rights abuses against the Uyghur people constitute genocide opened...
The Uyghur Tribunal will hear dozens of testimonies over four days in what campaigners hope will be a comprehensive public investigation By Gabriella Swerling, Social and Religious Affairs Editor Uyghur Muslims are shackled with “tiger chains”, tortured, forcibly sterilised, raped, and live in fear under mass surveillance,...
A people’s tribunal is being held in the UK from Friday on allegations of genocide against Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslim people in China’s Xinjiang region. While the tribunal’s judgment is not binding, organisers hope the process of publicly laying out evidence will galvanise international action...
An Australian woman fights for her husband’s release from ‘baseless’ detention in China. Mehray Mezensof’s husband is one of an estimated million Uighurs imprisoned in China. Several countries accuse China of committing crimes against humanity, including genocide. Starting Friday, a people’s tribunal in the UK will...
LONDON (AP) — An independent tribunal in Britain aiming to establish whether the Chinese government’s alleged rights abuses against Uighur Muslims in the far western Xinjiang region constitute genocide is expected to hear dozens of witness testimonies when it holds its first public hearing in...
An adviser to the World Uyghur Congress branded the western world's lack of intervention against the atrocities committed against the Uyghur people 'a scandal.' Originally posted here...