Canada Must Act to End Chinese Regime’s Sweeping Repression of Uyghurs, Subcommittee Says

Subcommittee on International Human Rights finds plight of Uyghurs in Xinjiang constitutes genocide

A member of the Uyghur American Association takes part in a rally in front of the White House on Oct. 1, 2020, in support of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act. The bill prohibits some imports from Xinjiang and imposes sanctions for human rights violations. The Subcommittee on International Human Rights is calling for a similar bill in Canada, as well as other measures to help end the repression of Uyghurs in Xinjiang. AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin

The Subcommittee on International Human Rights is calling on Canada to take immediate action to address the Chinese regime’s escalating aggression against Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in China, saying the situation amounts to genocide.

In 2018 and again in the summer of this year, the Subcommittee on International Human Rights of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development convened meetings to shed light on the plight of Uyghurs in China’s Xinjiang.