Government blocks motion to recognise China's treatment of Uighurs as genocide
The federal government and Labor blocked the motion proposed by Independent senator Rex Patrick to the Chinese government's actions against the Muslim minority as "genocide".
“It is most regrettable that Coalition and Labor Senators combined to block a vote on a motion that recognises the incontrovertible fact that the Chinese Government is engaged in a campaign against the Uyghur people that constitutes an international crime within the scope of the 1948 Genocide Convention," Senator Patrick said.
Liberal Senator Jonathan Duniam said the government did not believe the motion was an appropriate means of addressing the human rights concerns. Labor Senator Katy Gallagher also said the party strongly condemned the "human rights violations" against Uighurs and other ethnic minorities.
Source: SBS #Mar15
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/government-blocks-motion-to-recognise-china-s-treatment-of-uighurs-as-genocide
#Australia #ChinaGenocide #Xinjiang #HumanRightsViolations
The federal government and Labor blocked the motion proposed by Independent senator Rex Patrick to the Chinese government's actions against the Muslim minority as "genocide".
“It is most regrettable that Coalition and Labor Senators combined to block a vote on a motion that recognises the incontrovertible fact that the Chinese Government is engaged in a campaign against the Uyghur people that constitutes an international crime within the scope of the 1948 Genocide Convention," Senator Patrick said.
Liberal Senator Jonathan Duniam said the government did not believe the motion was an appropriate means of addressing the human rights concerns. Labor Senator Katy Gallagher also said the party strongly condemned the "human rights violations" against Uighurs and other ethnic minorities.
Source: SBS #Mar15
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/government-blocks-motion-to-recognise-china-s-treatment-of-uighurs-as-genocide
#Australia #ChinaGenocide #Xinjiang #HumanRightsViolations
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Government blocks motion to recognise China's treatment of Uighurs as genocide
Independent senator Rex Patrick had earlier met Australian Uighurs in front of Parliament House to call out China's repression of the ethnic minority in Xinjiang.