Tag: genocide amendment

‘Significant and Growing Support’ for UK Genocide Amendment: APPG Chair

There has been “significant and growing support” in UK Parliament for an amendment aiming to stop and prevent the UK from doing bilateral trade with genocidal countries, chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Foreign Affairs Imran Ahmad Khan told NTD. The so-called “genocide amendment” is one of the amendments (pdf) to the UK’s post-Brexit international trade…


UK Government Faces Scrutiny on Uyghur Policy Ahead of Crunch Vote

Twenty-Five British MPs on Thursday pressured the UK government to take action on the Chinese Regime’s treatment of Uyghurs, a day after The BBC reported on systematic rape, sexual abuse, and torture against Uyghur women in China’s “re-education” camps. This has been the third Parliamentary urgent questions session on Xinjiang, which also came days ahead of a…


Modified Genocide Amendment Backed by Two-Thirds of Peers, to Go Back to Commons

An amendment aiming to stop and prevent the UK from doing bilateral trade with genocidal countries passed in the House of Lords on Tuesday by a two-thirds majority despite the Conservative government’s objection. A previous version of the amendment was passed on Dec. 7 by 287 votes to 161, before it was narrowly defeated in…


Uyghur Repression: Boris Johnson Says Genocide Attribution ‘Judicial Matter’

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday deflected criticisms of his government’s stance on the plight of China’s Uyghur Muslim minority and said the attribution of genocide is “a judicial matter.” On Tuesday, Johnson’s government instructed lawmakers from the ruling Conservative Party to vote down an amendment to the Trade Bill that would have given…


UK Genocide Amendment Narrowly Defeated in House of Commons

An amendment giving UK courts power to revoke trade deals with genocidal countries has been narrowly defeated on Tuesday in the House of Commons despite a Tory rebellion. The genocide amendment, tabled by Lord Alton of Liverpool, nullifies trade arrangements made under Trade Bill 2019-21 if the High Court of England and Wales makes a preliminary determination that…