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While Parliament s declaration is an important milestone - other countries have failed to gain unanimous agreement on the issue - its significance is diluted by the removal of genocide and the fact the New Zealand Government has already said there is clear evidence of abuses. New Zealand s Parliament this week grappled with issues in Xinjiang. Photo credit: Getty Images.
Sam Vincent, spokesperson for the Uighur Solidarity Aotearoa NZ group, says it is a clear example of money taking precedent over human rights. It is clear that a genocide is taking place, he says. The fact that our Government doesn t want to even discuss whether a genocide is taking place is shameful. It suggests that our export earnings are more important to the Government than human life is.
Viewers were shown a number of propaganda videos seeking to portray Xinjiang as a place of harmony and ethnic unity, while local representatives selected by the government to speak said they were happy with their lives and free to live as they wanted.
In the background of a shot of officials, text said: Xinjiang is a Wonderful Land .
It was an effort by the Chinese Government to highlight what it says is the real situation in Xinjiang after a large number of independent reports and first-hand testimonials showed that more than 1 million Uighurs are detained in concentration camps, subject to torture and forced labour as authorities attempt to eradicate their religion and suppress birth rates.