Category: Uyghur Tribunal

Human Rights Lawyer Decries Chinese Regime’s Attempt to Suppress Reporting on Forced Organ Harvesting

An international human rights lawyer has decried the Chinese regime’s efforts to smear reporting on Beijing’s forced organ harvesting of prisoners of conscience. After Italian magazine Panorama published a piece on Aug. 24 titled “China: When the State Wants Your Organs,” the Chinese Embassy in the country publicly accused the publication of plagiarism and called on…


UK Lawmakers Unanimously Urge Government to Assess Genocide Risk in Xinjiang, Sanction Officials

UK ministers are told to stop “abdicating their legal and moral duties” and act after a tribunal found evidence “beyond reasonable doubt” of torture, crimes against humanity, and genocide in China’s Xinjiang region. In a renewed effort to pressure the government to recognise the genocide, UK Parliament unanimously passed a motion on Thursday calling for an urgent assessment…


Uyghur Tribunal Wraps Up Second Hearing, Genocide Verdict Expected in December

The final round of a “people’s tribunal” set up to assess whether the Chinese regime’s rights abuses against Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang constitute genocide wrapped up in London on Monday, with a nonbinding verdict expected in December. The Uyghur Tribunal, which ran from Sept. 10 to Sept. 13 in London, was chaired…