Paris: French Parliament issued a movement led by opposition to ask the government to condemn China for “crimes against humanity and genocide” to the minority of Uyghur Muslims and take foreign policy measures to make this stop.
Not binding movements, led by the Socialist Party and supported by several other opposition parties, were adopted with 169 votes for and one vote against.
Come from the beginning of the winter Olympics in China, this movement also asked the government to protect the Uyghur population in France against intimidation or harassment of Asian countries.
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Rights experts say at least 1 million Muslims are detained in camps in the western region of Xinjiang.
Activists and several Western politicians accused China using torture, forced labor and sterilization.
China denies human rights violations in Xinjiang and says its camps provide vocational training and are needed to fight extremism.
Following a similar voice in the Dutch parliament in February 2021, the Chinese Embassy in Den Haag said the suggestions about genocide in Xinjiang were “direct lies” and that the Dutch parliament had “intentionally applying China and was very disturbing in China’s internal affairs”.
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French President Emmanuel Macron said in December that he did not want to “politicize” the Olympics.
The United States, Australia and the United Kingdom are among Western countries who say they will not send officials to the 2022 winter Olympics to send China on a record of human rights.