OTTAWA—The Conservatives are calling on Liberal MPs to support the party’s motion to have Parliament declare a genocide against ethnic Muslim Uyghurs in its Xinjiang province. Conservative MPs Michael Chong and Garnett Genuis were joined by Uyghur community members at a teleconference today in calling for the government’s support of the motion, saying unanimity would send a strong signal to China. Chong is also dismissing the Chinese government’s claims there is no genocide there. Ambassador Cong Peiwu recently told The Canadian Press that reports of millions of people in detention camps being subjected to forced labour, sterilization and other abuse is simply unsubstantiated China-bashing. Chong is rejecting that denial, saying there are reams of satellite images, smuggled video and documents, accounts from escaped Uyghurs and undercover reporting by major American newspapers to document the atrocities. The Conservatives tabled a motion in the House of Commons last week that may come …
Conservatives Urge Liberals to Support Uyghur Genocide Motion Amid China’s Denials
February 22, 2021
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