People dance to music at a public square in Aksu in western China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, as seen during a government organized trip for foreign journalists, Tuesday, April 20, 2021. - AP
URUMQI (China), April 24 (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 nonbinding motion on Thursday (April 22) 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.
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