Act to file motion calling for declaration of 'genocide' in Xinjiang, China 27 Apr, 2021 06:37 PM 2 minutes to read ACT Party foreign affairs spokeswoman Brooke van Velden. Supplied / George Novak The Act Party today plans to ask Parliament to debate a motion to declare China's oppression of the Uighur ethnic minority an act of "genocide". Its motion would ask MPs to vote on whether human rights abuses in the Chinese region of Xinjiang amount to genocide, a move that could compel the Government to take stronger action in condemning the nation, Stuff reports. Similar motions have passed in the UK and Canada.