Japan needs to do more than make an "empty promise" to stop human rights abuses in #China, @Dolkun_Isa from @UyghurCongress said. usnews.com/news/world/art…
He said he had come to Japan to meet members of parliament and urge the government to press for a debate at the U.N. Human Rights Council on China's treatment of Uyghurs and other Muslims.
Japan's motions and statements on the issue are an "empty promise, not enough to stop the ongoing genocide", Isa told reporters.
"Japanese parliament has some obligation to more actively engage in the Uyghur genocide," he said.
"Japanese parliament has some obligation to more actively engage in the Uyghur genocide," he said.
Isa said he and his German-based group are fanning out around the world to build support for a motion from the United States, Britain and other countries to debate the issue at the U.N. Human Rights Council.
The motion, which needs a majority vote to pass in the deeply divided Geneva council, would be the first time that alleged abuses by China feature on the U.N. rights body's agenda in its 16-year history.
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