“Many people and much of the media have reported that the ICC has rejected the Uighurs’ ICC complaint,” Hudayar said. “However, that's not necessarily true.”
Hudayar says the complaint is still active. He and others just need to present evidence that China has also unlawfully arrested and detained Uighurs in Tajikistan and Cambodia, surrounding countries that do belong to the ICC.
They’re obtaining that evidence with the help of a powerful new group called the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, or IPAC.
Luke de Pulford, director of the anti-slavery nongovernmental organization, Arise Foundation, is acting as IPAC’s coordinator.
“I was actually quite hopeful when I saw the judgment because I thought, ‘OK, right. Well, if you're wanting more evidence of very severe crimes that have happened to Uighurs outside of China, then great. Well, we've got that. Let's work on that. Pull that together.’”