Blaze@lemmy.zip to Interesting Global News@lemmy.zip · 2 days agoLabour backtracks on push for genocide ruling on China’s treatment of Uyghurswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down10cross-posted to: world@quokk.au
arrow-up113arrow-down1external-linkLabour backtracks on push for genocide ruling on China’s treatment of Uyghurswww.theguardian.comBlaze@lemmy.zip to Interesting Global News@lemmy.zip · 2 days agomessage-square6fedilinkcross-posted to: world@quokk.au
minus-squareFlyberius [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·edit-22 days agoHaving spent some time in Xinjiang and spoken to many uyghurs and experienced a lot of Uyghur culture I have to object to the term bigger scale, because that implies there is any genocide going on whatsoever
minus-squareBrikoX@lemmy.zipMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 days agoI based my wording on Human Rights Watch report and in context of the article. The specific crimes against humanity might not constitute genocide if brought to ICJ as UN report stopped short of calling it genocide.
Having spent some time in Xinjiang and spoken to many uyghurs and experienced a lot of Uyghur culture I have to object to the term bigger scale, because that implies there is any genocide going on whatsoever
I based my wording on Human Rights Watch report and in context of the article.
The specific crimes against humanity might not constitute genocide if brought to ICJ as UN report stopped short of calling it genocide.