British parliament declares Uygurs are suffering ‘genocide’ in Xinjiang

The British parliament has passed a non-binding motion declaring that Uygurs and other ethnic minorities in China’s Xinjiang region “are suffering crimes against humanity and genocide”, even as the government made clear it did not back the resolution.

The motion called on the British government “fulfil its obligations” under relevant United Nations conventions “to bring it to an end” and follows similar votes taken in the parliaments of the Netherlands and Canada.