Xinjiang officials denounce hearing by illegal tribunal
By ZHANG YANGFEI |
CHINA DAILY |
Updated: 2021-05-26 07:20
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A local tourist guide shows people around the Street for Entrepreneurship and Employment in Shache county, Kashgar prefecture, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, on May 21, 2021. [Photo/chinadaily.com.cn]
China has strongly condemned the upcoming public hearing by a "Uyghur tribunal" on genocide accusations in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, calling it a grave violation of international law and a serious provocation to the 25 million people of all ethnic groups in the region.
Xu Guixiang, a spokesman for the Xinjiang regional government, said at a news conference on Tuesday that the British tribunal, set up by Western anti-China forces and East Turkestan organizations-groups of secessionists advocating Uygur "independence"-will soon hold a so-called hearing on the allegation of "genocide" against Chinese government.