Thread by @ipacglobal

LIVE: #IPAC 🇬🇧 member @Nus_Ghani moves #UyghurGenocide motion:

“That this House believes that Uyghurs and other ethnic and religious minorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region are suffering Crimes Against Humanity and Genocide.”

Watch here: parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/0a…

#IPAC member @YasminQureshiMP calls on the government to commit to cooperate with the @TribunalUyghur as it leads an impartial legal investigation into genocide and atrocity crimes in the Xinjiang region.

#IPAC co-chair @MPIainDS: Abuses in Xinjiang meet every criteria of genocide.

"These are the definitions of genocide, and on every one of these counts we have evidence to show that genocide is taking place to the Uyghur people."

#IPAC member @timloughton: The UN Genocide Convention obliges the UK to prevent and punish the crime of genocide.

Uyghurs are being "obliterated" under the Chinese government.

#IPAC member @LaylaMoran highlights evidence that thousands of Uyghur children have been forcibly separated from families and indoctrinated in state orphanages.

#IPAC member @Siobhain_Mc highlights the Chinese government's surveillance and intimidation of Uyghur exiles living abroad.

"It's persecution, it's manipulation, it's a horrifying 21st century oppression."

"For millions alive today, this shared nightmare is their reality, and these horrors are just some of the sickening crimes being committed against the Uyghur people."

#IPAC member @imranahmadkhan speaks in support of the #UyghurGenocide motion.

"Investigations by the UN and international courts are being blocked by China. This system isn't working."

#IPAC member @PutneyFleur calls on the UK government to back the @TribunalUyghur investigation into suspected crimes in Xinjiang and to commit to acting on its findings.