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Uighur women stand next to a street to wait for a bus in downtown Urumqi, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region May 1, 2014. Reuters pic
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AMSTERDAM, Feb 26 ― The Dutch parliament yesterday passed a non-binding motion saying the treatment of the Uighur Muslim minority in China amounts to genocide, the first such move by a European country.
Activists and UN rights experts say at least one million Muslims are being detained in camps in the remote western region of Xinjiang. The activists and some Western politicians accuse China of using torture, forced labour and sterilisations.
File photo of Sam Brownback, ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom. Picture credit ( AFP )
WASHINGTON: Former United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback on Friday lauded the Dutch Parliament s decision to declare the atrocities faced by the Uyghur community in Xinjiang as genocide. In a tweet, the former US representative urged other European Union member countries to follow their example . The Dutch Parliament has taken an important step designating the actions of the Chinese Communist Party against Uyghur Muslims as a genocide. Other EU members should follow their example, Brownback wrote in a tweet. The Netherlands Parliament on Thursday passed a motion saying the Chinese treatment of the Uyghur minority is a genocide .
US lauds Dutch designation of Uyghurs crackdown as genocide shanghainews.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from shanghainews.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Dutch MPs say China committing genocide in Xinjiang news.rthk.hk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from news.rthk.hk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.