chen quanguo and other very senior officials in the prc and ccp bear primary responsibility for acts that have occurred in xinjiang. we can now speak to sophie richardson who serves as the china director at human rights watch. shejoins us now she joins us now from washington. thank you for making the time for us. this was an unofficial tribunal. does it have any teeth? will it romped any change? i does it have any teeth? will it romped any change? does it have any teeth? will it romped any change? i think the heaļ¬nas romped any change? i think the hearings and romped any change? i think the hearings and the romped any change? i think the hearings and the verdict - hearings and the verdict announced today are powerful reminders that the chinese government continues to commit serious human rights crimes against xinjiang, across uyghur s in against xinjiang, across uyghur sin xingjong, and it is urgent for governments to come together to pursue formal investigations with referral
systematic human rights abuses, including forced labour and torture. the chair of the tribunal, sir geoffrey nice, explained how women were sterilised without their consent and families deliberately separated. witness statements also described rapes and assaults in detention camps. pressure is growing on beijing after both the us and other countries announced diplomatic boycotts of the winter olympics. the us house of representatives has also approved legislation banning imports from xinjiang. human rights groups believe china has detained more thani million uyghurs over the past few years. here s the chair of the uyghur tribunal delivering the outcome. 0n the basis of evidence heard in public, the tribunal is satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the prc, by the imposition of measures to prevent births, intended to destroy a significant part of the uyghurs in xinjiang. as such, it has committed genocide. the tribunal is satisfied
this is bbc news the latest headlines: a court in chicago has found the actorjussie smollett guilty of staging an attack on himself nearly two years ago and making it look like a hate crime. an unofficial tribunal in london finds evidence of crimes against humanity and genocide against china s uyghur minority. workers at a starbucks cafe in the city of buffalo in upstate new york have voted to start a union. starbucks decertified unions in the us more than 30 years ago but campaigners say the pandemic and work conditions have been the catalyst for change. richard bensinger is the starbucks union organiser from workers united. he s joined by casey moore, who is a staff member they call their employeees partners . they have just left their victory party to speak
confident they can do that. jussie smollett has maintained he never did anything wrong, which is really interesting just how much this case has turned. at the time, when he claimed that this homophobic and racist attack happened, there was an outpouring of support for him, and we are talking about tv presenters, news presenters giving monologues and even the now vice president kamala harris, and that support soon turned into anger, and those people that once supported him accused him of taking advantage of the anger and him of taking advantage of the angerand pain of him of taking advantage of the anger and pain of racism, and his career has declined since then, but, yes, his team are planning to appeal, but if that is not successful, he does face prison time. is not successful, he does face prison time- prison time. our corresponded in washington. here in london, an unofficial tribunal investigating china s treatment of the uyghur minority has found evidence of crimes against human
welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i m karishma vaswani. the headlines: guilty of faking a hate crime: american actorjussie smollett convicted by a chicagojury. an unofficial tribunal in london finds evidence of crimes against humanity and genocide against china s uyghur minority. the tribunal is satisfied that president xijinping and other senior officials in the prc and ccp bear primary responsibility for acts that have occurred in xinjiang. the pressure grows on boris johnson as an investigation into covid rule breaking is expanded to cover three parties at downing street.