Uyghur organizations from 20 countries have asked global leaders to take action to end the Chinese government's human rights atrocities against the predominantly Muslim Uyghurs.
In a memorandum submitted to European Parliament President Roberta Metsola, the intellectuals called for condemnation of ongoing genocides worldwide and demanded recognition of the 1971 genocide in Bangladesh.
Guterres made the appeal in his message to mark the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime, observed on Friday.
Multiple Canadian pension plans have invested in firms complicit in Xinjiang abuses, alleges a report by UK-based human rights organization Hong Kong Watch and expert in forced labour, Prof Laura Murphy at Sheffield Hallam University.
The new research by the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) is based on evidence from Chinese state media and policy documents, government-sanctioned profiles and testimonials, and accounts from women in the diaspora.
The event was organized by East Turkistan National Movement (ETNM) and the East Turkistan Government in Exile (ETGE). The participants of the event called on the international community to intervene and stop "China's ongoing colonization, genocide and occupation campaigns."
A country that faced the horrors of genocide during its war of liberation in 1971, protested against Chinese oppression of Uyghurs and its expansionist efforts in Bangladesh.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on Friday compared his ouster before the completion of full electoral term in office in April this year with 1971 war, that resulted in the formation of new country - Bangladesh.
Fifty United Nations member states issued a joint statement condemning the Chinese government's oppression of Uyghurs and other Turkic peoples in East Turkistan.
Bangladesh's war of liberation from Pakistan in 1971, a chapter which has been ignored for long, now slowly seems to be getting world attention, as a resolution was made in the US Congress to recognise the atrocities committed by the Pakistan Armed Forces
Beijing [China], October 23 (ANI): Rayhan Asat, who started her fight for her captive brother, is now a leading figure in the campaign against the Chinese genocide in Xinjiang, reported a US media publication.