MPs continue push to confront China’s Uyghur persecution as pressure builds for feds to apply genocide label

Bloc Québécois MP Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe says the fact the Canadian government has yet to label China's repression of Uyghurs as a genocide is a concern for the Uyghur community at home and abroad.
Liberal MP Sameer Zuberi, left, and Bloc Québécois MP Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe attended the International Uyghur Forum on Nov. 9-10 in Brussels.

With mounting evidence that China’s persecution of Uyghurs in Xinjiang amounts to genocide, Canadian Parliamentarians are pushing for more action, including through legislative initiatives currently before the House of Commons.

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