Uighurs - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 01 Oct 2020 02:28:40 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Uighurs - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Uighurs could be allowed to seek genocide ruling against China in UK https://cathnews.co.nz/2020/10/01/uighurs-genocide-ruling-china-uk/ Thu, 01 Oct 2020 06:55:15 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=131157 Uighurs and other Muslim minorities would be given the right to petition a UK high court judge to declare that genocide is taking place in China, requiring the UK government to curtail trade ties with Beijing, under proposals brought by MPs and peers. The cross-party parliamentary revolt is causing deep concern in government, where there Read more

Uighurs could be allowed to seek genocide ruling against China in UK... Read more]]> Uighurs and other Muslim minorities would be given the right to petition a UK high court judge to declare that genocide is taking place in China, requiring the UK government to curtail trade ties with Beijing, under proposals brought by MPs and peers.

The cross-party parliamentary revolt is causing deep concern in government, where there are fears that judges and human rights campaigners could be empowered to throw UK-China trade relations into turmoil.

The moves are being led by the former cabinet minister Iain Duncan Smith but have broad cross-party support.

Under the proposals, human rights campaigners would for the first time be able to seek redress in the UK courts for cases of alleged genocide, instead of the issue being determined at the UN, where deep political divisions mean those committing war crimes can in effect act with impunity. Read more

Uighurs could be allowed to seek genocide ruling against China in UK]]> 131157 UK accuses China of 'gross' human rights abuses against Uighurs https://cathnews.co.nz/2020/07/23/china-uighurs/ Thu, 23 Jul 2020 07:55:22 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=129016 UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has accused China of "gross and egregious" human rights abuses against its Uighurs and said sanctions against those responsible cannot be ruled out. Reports of forced sterilisation and wider persecution of the Muslim group were "reminiscent of something not seen for a long time", he told the BBC. The UK Read more

UK accuses China of ‘gross' human rights abuses against Uighurs... Read more]]> UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has accused China of "gross and egregious" human rights abuses against its Uighurs and said sanctions against those responsible cannot be ruled out.

Reports of forced sterilisation and wider persecution of the Muslim group were "reminiscent of something not seen for a long time", he told the BBC.

The UK would work with its allies to take appropriate action, he insisted.

China's UK ambassador said talk of concentration camps was "fake". Read more

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