Designates PRC's atrocities against Uyghur and Turkic peoples in East Turkistan as 'genocide' under UN Genocide Convention
Washington, D.C, Oct 26, 2020 (Issuewire.com) - October 23, 2020 - The Canadian Parliament's Subcommittee on International Human Rights and International Development has designated the Chinese Government's atrocities against Uyghur and other Turkic peoples in East Turkistan as "genocide" as defined under the UN Genocide Convention.
MPs on the parliamentary committee have issued a strong statement of condemnation against China urging the Canadian government to adopt Magnitsky-style sanctions against Chinese officials, reported the Globe and Mail on Wednesday.
Canada's action followed US National Security Advisor Robert O'Brian's statement last week describing China's atrocities in East Turkistan as "something close to a genocide."
The Canadian subcommittee issued a statement Wednesday condemning the Chinese Government's persecution of Uyghurs and other Turkic peoples in East Turkistan (renamed Xinjiang by the PRC).
The subcommittee determined that "the Chinese Communist Party's actions constitute genocide as laid out in the Genocide Convention" following evidence put forward during the subcommittee hearings in 2018 and 2020.
"We thank the Canadian Parliament and all those who worked tirelessly to get this much-needed recognition of China's atrocities against Uyghurs and other Turkic peoples as a genocide," said Salih Hudayar, the Prime Minister of the East Turkistan Government in Exile. "This is a crucial step toward obtaining justice and bringing an end to China's prolonged campaign of colonization, genocide, and occupation in East Turkistan."
"We urge Prime Minister Trudeau and the Canadian government to enforce the Canadian Parliament's proposals to ensure that Canada will not stand silent to a Holocaust like Genocide taking place in the 21st century," Mr. Hudayar said.
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