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Uighurs are urging the Chinese ambassador to sit down and hear their testimonies of abuse, saying a press briefing on Wednesday was staged to deceive Australians about human rights violations in the Xinjiang region.
Community leaders have also blasted the Australian government’s failure to prevent the propaganda presentation at the Chinese ambassador’s residence in Canberra as “shameful”.
In the heavily choreographed press briefing for political journalists, China’s ambassador to Australia Cheng Jingye attempted to counter negative media attention and claims China is committing genocide against the ethnic minority Uighurs in Xinjiang as “fake news”.
Australian Uyghur Groups Call On the Government to Help Stop CCP ‘Genocide’
Australian Uyghurs have rallied in front of the federal parliament in Canberra on Monday, calling for the Australian government to recognize what Beijing is doing in the Xinjiang region as a genocide.
“If they don’t listen now, a whole community, the whole Uyghur nation, is going to disappear,” Ramila Chanisheff, president of the Australian Uyghur Tangritagh Women’s Association, told AAP.
“This is the 21st century. How does genocide occur in the 21st century?” Protestors attend a rally for the Uyghur community at Parliament House on March 15, 2021, in Canberra, Australia. (Photo by Sam Mooy/Getty Images)
An independent report is the latest to accuse China of a clear ""intent to destroy"" the Uyghur people in Xinjiang, and Uyghurs are pressing Australia to call it genocide.
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