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China responsible for "genocide" of Uyghurs, say experts meeting in London

2021-12-09T14:43:46.801Z


After several months of investigation, a group of lawyers and human rights experts meeting in London estimated Thursday, December 9 in its final report ...


After several months of investigation, a group of lawyers and human rights experts meeting in London estimated Thursday, December 9 in its final report that the way in which China treats the Uyghur Muslim minority amounts to genocide and crimes against humanity.

The nine members of the "

Uyghur Tribunal

", so named despite the absence of any judicial authority and denounced by Beijing as a "

lie machine

", listened to numerous testimonies and examined evidence provided by independent researchers and associations on the subject. treatment inflicted on them by the Chinese state.

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In their 63-page report, the experts said there was no evidence of a massacre of Uyghurs, but that "

the elements of intentional genocide

" as defined by the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crime of genocide were "

established

".

"

The People's Republic of China (PRC) has committed genocide by imposing birth prevention measures intended to destroy a significant part of the Uyghurs in Xinjiang,

" experts said, saying Chinese President Xi Jinping and other senior officials executives "

bear the primary responsibility

".

"Crimes against humanity"

According to experts, the removal of the uterus, abortions and the insertion of forced IUDs in Uyghur women by the Chinese state "

will result in a number of births significantly lower than it could have been in the years to. come

”and“

partial destruction of the Uyghurs

”.

The nine experts also found China responsible "

beyond a reasonable doubt

" for "

crimes against humanity

", citing "

imprisonment, acts of torture, rape, sexual violence, forced sterilization and other inhumane acts

".

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According to human rights organizations, at least one million Uyghurs and people from other Turkish-speaking minorities, mainly Muslims, are being held in camps in Xinjiang. China is accused of forcibly sterilizing women there and imposing forced labor. Beijing disputes and claims that these are vocational training centers intended to distance them from terrorism and separatism, after numerous deadly attacks against civilians by Uyghurs.

If the United States has already asserted that the treatment of Uyghurs amounted to "

genocide

", the nine experts meeting in London believe that their report constitutes "

the first public demonstration based on evidence

" of such a practice.

The “

Uyghur Tribunal

” is not affiliated with any government and China has refused to participate.

Beijing, on the other hand, took sanctions against the organization and its president Geoffrey Nice.

Source: lefigaro

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