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Thomson Reuters Foundation is a charity registered in England and Wales (registration number: 1082139). Activists decry 'genocide' of China's Uighur minority: letter By Stephanie Nebehay Reuters GENEVA (Reuters) - Nearly two dozen activist groups said on Tuesday that crimes against humanity and genocide are taking place against Uighurs in China's remote Xinjiang region, where more than 1 million people are held in camps. To match Special Report MUSLIMS-CAMPS/CHINA REUTERS/Thomas Peter.

“These measures meet the threshold of acts constitutive of genocide, core international crimes under the Genocide Convention, which prohibits ‘imposing measures intended to prevent births’ among an ethnic or religious group,” the groups said. “The EU has raised their desire to visit Xinjiang, China has already agreed and is willing to make arrangements,” Wang Wenbin said. In an open letter signed by groups including the United States-based Uyghur Human Rights Project, Genocide Watch and the European Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, on Tuesday called on the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to launch an investigation. Sixteen individuals, including academics from US and European universities, co-signed the letter, which said there was “mounting evidence” that “crimes against humanity and genocide are taking place” in Xinjiang. The open letter signed by groups including the U.S.-based Uighur Human Rights Project and Genocide Watch calls on the United Nations Human Rights Council to launch an investigation. "These measures meet the threshold of acts constitutive of genocide, core international crimes under the Genocide Convention, which prohibits 'imposing measures intended to prevent births' among an ethnic or religious group," the groups said. Nearly two dozen activist groups have said a genocide is taking place against mostly Muslim Uighurs in China’s remote Xinjiang region, where a reported one million people are held in camps. The information contained in this news report may not be published, broadcast or otherwise distributed without the prior written authority of Reuters Ltd. In an open letter signed by groups including the United States-based Uyghur Human Rights Project, Genocide Watch and the European Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, on Tuesday called on the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to launch an investigation.

The open letter signed by groups including the US-based Uighur Human Rights Project and Genocide Watch calls on the United Nations Human Rights Council to launch an investigation. On Monday, the European Union pressed China to let its independent observers into Xinjiang, binding human rights to future trade and investment deals with Beijing. “Under the guise of curbing religious and political extremism, the Chinese government has intensified widespread and systematic policies to repress Uighurs and other Turkic peoples on the basis of their religious and ethnic identities,” said the letter. “Bachelet’s remarks on China say nothing of substance - no word about the human costs of China’s rights violations, including against Uighurs and in Hong Kong, nor the ongoing concerns about free expression, arbitrary detention and crackdowns on civil society,” Sarah Brooks of the International Service for Human Rights told Reuters. Activists decry 'genocide' of China's Uighur minority in Xinjiang; Beijing says EU observers are welcome to visit

China has said the camps are vocational education and training centres as part of counter-terrorism and deradicalisation measures. "Instead, the remarks speak volumes about the weak position of the human rights office vis-a-vis China," she said. "The atrocities include arbitrary detention of between 1 and 1.8 million people in internment camps, a widespread program of political indoctrination, enforced disappearances, destruction of cultural sites, forced labour, disproportionate rates of prison incarceration, and coercive birth prevention campaigns and policies," it said. You can submit your response anonymously. GENEVA, Sept 15 — Nearly two dozen activist groups said today that crimes against humanity and genocide are taking place against Uighurs in China’s GENEVA (Reuters) - Nearly two dozen activist groups said on Tuesday that crimes against humanity and genocide are taking place against Uighurs in China’s remote Xinjiang region, where more than 1 million people are held in camps. China says the camps are vocational education and training centres as part of counter-terrorism and deradicalisation measures. There was no immediate response to the allegations by the Chinese foreign ministry, contacted by Reuters. See here for a complete list of exchanges and delays. Biden’s ‘inshallah’ during US debate dubbed ‘historic’ on Twitter, Infographic: Military arsenals of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Al Jazeera Centre for Public Liberties & Human Rights. "Bachelet's remarks on China say nothing of substance - no word about the human costs of China's rights violations, including against Uighurs and in Hong Kong, nor the ongoing concerns about free expression, arbitrary detention and crackdowns on civil society," Sarah Brooks of the International Service for Human Rights told Reuters. China has rebuffed past calls to grant independent access to Xinjiang, and the spokesman did not confirm whether EU observers would be allowed to travel freely in the region. Activists want UN to probe 'genocide' of China's Uighur minority, on Activists want UN to probe 'genocide' of China's Uighur minority. — Reuters pic In response, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman on Tuesday said the bloc was “welcome” to visit the area “to truly understand the real situation and not rely on hearsay”. There was no immediate response to the allegations by the Chinese foreign ministry, contacted by Reuters. GENEVA, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Nearly two dozen activist groups said on Tuesday that crimes against humanity and genocide are taking place against Uighurs in China's remote Xinjiang region, where more than 1 million people are held in camps. Exclusive: Over 50 Republican former U.S. national security officials join Biden endorsement, Exclusive: Russian operation masqueraded as right-wing news site to target U.S. voters - sources, Pelosi, Mnuchin approach 11th hour on U.S. COVID-19 aid talks, Lakers dominate Heat for lopsided win in Game 1 of NBA Finals, Scorsese, Eastwood say U.S. movie theaters may not survive pandemic, Wall Street rises on stimulus bets as labor market rebound cools, Amazon and Big Tech cozy up to Biden camp with cash and connections, French 'Alzheimer's village': where nursing home meets the outside world, U.S. coronavirus cases rise month-over-month in 27 states in September, led by Wisconsin. July 4, 6 a.m. CT. The open letter signed by groups including the U.S.-based Uighur Human Rights Project and Genocide Watch calls on the United Nations Human Rights Council to launch an investigation. U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Monday she was discussing a possible visit to Xinjiang with Chinese authorities. The US Department of Homeland Security said the new “Withhold Release Orders” on cotton, textiles, apparel, hair products and computer parts are aimed at combatting China’s reported use of forced labour by imprisoned Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang.

The open letter adds to the international pressure building on China’s ruling Communist Party over its actions in the resource-rich region.

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Not Klobuchar, Minority Activists Tell Biden ... An op-ed in the Post by a group of black activists and strategists argued that picking Klobuchar would "only alienate black voters." "The atrocities include arbitrary detention of between 1 and 1.8 million people in internment camps, a widespread program of political indoctrination, enforced disappearances, destruction of cultural sites, forced labour, disproportionate rates of prison incarceration, and coercive birth prevention campaigns and policies," it said. "Instead, the remarks speak volumes about the weak position of the human rights office vis-a-vis China," she said. Under international law, crimes against humanity are defined as widespread and systematic, whereas the burden of proof of genocide - the intent to destroy part of a population - is more difficult to prove. U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Monday she was discussing a possible visit to Xinjiang with Chinese authorities who are facing growing backlash over the treatment of ethnic Uighurs. UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said yesterday she was discussing a possible visit to Xinjiang with Chinese authorities . MRG condemns Egypt’s crackdown on minority activists Press Releases | 02 Mar 2020 Following a call for protests against the government of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in September 2019, a crackdown against youth, politicians, academics, activists, and journalists has been ongoing. Home » World News » Activists want UN to probe 'genocide' of China's Uighur minority. Under international law, crimes against humanity are defined as widespread and systematic, whereas the burden of proof of genocide - the intent to destroy part of a population - is more difficult to prove. Also on Monday, the US shelved plans for a broad import ban on cotton and tomato products from Xinjiang while announcing narrower bans on products from five specific entities.

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