‘We need courage’: Bloc, NDP MPs push for House to recognize Uyghur genocide in face of Beijing pressure

Chinese Ambassador Cong Peiwu told reporters on Oct. 15 a parliamentary recognition that the Chinese government is committing genocide against the Uyghurs would be met with a 'strong reaction.'

Bloc Québécois MP Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe, left, and NDP MP Heather McPherson, right, want to see the House of Commons recognize the Chinese persecution of Uyghurs as genocide. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

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BY NEIL MOSS

October 28, 2020

Following a recent subcommittee proclamation that the Chinese persecution of Uyghur Muslims amounts to genocide, Bloc and NDP MPs on the subcommittee are urging the House of Commons to formally recognize that genocide has taken place. Bloc Québécois MP Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Lac-Saint-Jean, Que...

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