UK MPs declare China is committing genocide against Uyghurs in Xinjiang

British MPs voted to declare that China is committing genocide against the Uyghur people in Xinjiang province.

Supporters and members of the East Turkistan National Awakening Movement rally outside the White House to urge the United States to end trade deals with China and take action to stop the oppression of the Uyghur and other Turkic peoples on Aug, 14, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The vote, part of a growing movement in western democracies, was hailed by the chair of the US Senate foreign relations committee, Bob Menendez, who said the UK parliament had
“ shone a light on the egregious abuses the Chinese state commits against the Uyghur people.

The free world must be united in holding the Chinese government to account for these abuses.”