Blaze@lemmy.zip to Interesting Global News@lemmy.zip · 2 months agoLabour backtracks on push for genocide ruling on China’s treatment of Uyghurswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down10cross-posted to: world@quokk.au
arrow-up114arrow-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 months agomessage-square6fedilinkcross-posted to: world@quokk.au
minus-squareBrikoX@lemmy.zipMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-22 months agoOf course they backtracked. Imagine the hypocrisy of condemning China when they happily finance Israel doing genocide on even bigger scale.
minus-squareFlyberius [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·edit-22 months 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 months 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.
Of course they backtracked. Imagine the hypocrisy of condemning China when they happily finance Israel doing genocide on even bigger scale.
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.