MPs vote to label China's persecution of Uighurs a genocide
A Conservative motion said China's actions in its western Xinjiang region meet the definition of genocide set out in the 1948 United Nations Genocide Convention. Also, the motion callson the government to lobby the International Olympic Committee to move the 2022 Winter Olympic Games out of Beijing.
The final tally was 266 in favour and zero opposed. Two MPs formally abstained. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and almost all of his cabinet colleagues were absent for the vote.
After the vote, Garneau issued a statement saying the federal government remains "deeply disturbed by horrific reports of human rights violations in Xinjiang, including the use of arbitrary detention, political re-education, forced labour, torture and forced sterilization.
Source: CBC #Feb22
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/uighur-genocide-motion-vote-1.5922711
#Canada #Xinjiang #BoycottBeijing2020 #ChinaGenocide
A Conservative motion said China's actions in its western Xinjiang region meet the definition of genocide set out in the 1948 United Nations Genocide Convention. Also, the motion callson the government to lobby the International Olympic Committee to move the 2022 Winter Olympic Games out of Beijing.
The final tally was 266 in favour and zero opposed. Two MPs formally abstained. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and almost all of his cabinet colleagues were absent for the vote.
After the vote, Garneau issued a statement saying the federal government remains "deeply disturbed by horrific reports of human rights violations in Xinjiang, including the use of arbitrary detention, political re-education, forced labour, torture and forced sterilization.
Source: CBC #Feb22
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/uighur-genocide-motion-vote-1.5922711
#Canada #Xinjiang #BoycottBeijing2020 #ChinaGenocide