Uyghurs renew demands for justice on Genocide Recognition Day

December 10, 2024 | Radio Free Asia | By Roseanne Gerin for RFA English

“Uyghur Genocide Recognition Day is a reminder of what is at stake — Uyghurs continue to face cultural erasure,” Omer Kanat, executive director of the Uyghur Human Rights Project, or UHRP, said in a statement. “Words of recognition must be backed by concrete, enforceable policies to end complicity in these atrocities.”

The Chinese government’s repression includes mass arbitrary detentions, forced labor, family separations, religious persecution and the erasure of Uyghur identity and culture, the group said.

It urged governments to enforce import bans on goods produced with Uyghur forced labor, tighten sanctions against Chinese officials responsible for human rights abuses and take steps to end the genocide. It also appealed to companies to end business relationships with entities linked to forced labor.

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