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Britain launches probe into Chinese government’s alleged abuses against Uighur Muslims

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Belgian protestors against alleged human rights abuses in China Source: Getty

An independent tribunal in Britain is aiming to establish whether the Chinese government’s alleged human rights abuses against Uighur Muslims constitute genocide. An eight-member panel that will act as a jury has been finalized, as researchers examine around 1500 pieces of evidence.


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By Camille Bianchi

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An independent tribunal in Britain is aiming to establish whether the Chinese government’s alleged human rights abuses against Uighur Muslims constitute genocide. An eight-member panel that will act as a jury has been finalized, as researchers examine around 1500 pieces of evidence.


Once more, the global spotlight is on China's treatment of its Muslim Uighur community.

In recent days, a BBC broadcast detailed alleged systematic sexual violence, torture and rape of Uighur women in China's internment camps in Xinjiang.

 

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