24 Apr 2021
URUMQI, China (AP) – A spokesperson for the Xinjiang region called accusations of genocide “counter to the facts” as China came under more pressure this week over its treatment of the Uyghur ethnic group in the remote border area.
The British Parliament approved a non-binding motion Thursday that said China’s policies amounted to genocide and crimes against humanity. The New York-based watchdog Human Rights Watch appealed to the UN earlier in the week to investigate the allegations of crimes against humanity.
“The motion adopted by the British side was totally groundless,” Xu Guixiang, the deputy director-general of the Communist Party’s publicity department in Xinjiang, said Friday. “The decision was made on the basis of remarks by some politicians, some so-called academic institutes, some so-called experts and scholars and some so-called witnesses.”
CoV-Mutation: Gefahr noch unklar
orf.at - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from orf.at Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
WHO: CoV-Mutation „nicht außer Kontrolle
orf.at - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from orf.at Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Fragen und Antworten: Wie gefährlich ist die Virus-Mutation?
kurier.at - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kurier.at Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.