Uyghur protest in front of Chinese embassy in London

Описание: (9 Dec 2021) Uyghur protesters gathered in front of China's embassy in London on Thursday to appeal for an end to alleged violence by the Chinese authorities against their community.
The protest came as an independent, unofficial body set up by a prominent British barrister to assess evidence on China’s alleged rights abuses against the Uyghur people concluded Thursday that the Chinese government committed genocide and crimes against humanity.
The Uyghur Tribunal, made up of lawyers, academics and businesspeople, doesn't have any government backing or powers to sanction or punish China.
But organizers hope the process of publicly laying out evidence will compel international action to tackle Beijing's policies against the Uyghurs, a largely Muslim ethnic group.
Dolkun Isa, President of World Uyghur Congress, told the Associated Press during the protest that it was "an historic day" and following the publication of the report they had gathered to "appeal to the Chinese government to stop the Uyghur genocide."
Tribunal chair Geoffrey Nice said the genocide ruling was based on evidence that the Chinese government's forced birth control and sterilization policies targeting Uyghurs in the far western Xinjiang province were “intended to destroy a significant part” of the group’s population.
The abuse was part of comprehensive policies directly linked to President Xi Jinping and the highest levels of the Chinese government, he said.
The Chinese Embassy in London condemned the tribunal as a “political tool used by a few anti-China and separatist elements to deceive and mislead the public.”
The embassy also said in a statement that the policies in Xinjiang were aimed at fighting terrorism and preventing radicalization.
The hearings were the latest attempt to hold China accountable for its policies targeting the Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim and ethnic Turkic minorities.

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