UK tribunal to investigate China's alleged genocide against Muslim Uighur population | ITV News

An independent tribunal in London will investigate the Chinese government’s alleged rights abuses against Uighur Muslims - and decide if they constitute genocide.

The tribunal, convened by prominent human rights lawyer Sir Geoffrey Nice QC, is expected to reveal new evidence and testimony over several days’ hearings next year.

While the tribunal does not have government backing, it is the latest attempt to hold China accountable for its treatment of the Uighurs and ethnic Turkic minorities, who have been subject to an unprecedented crackdown since 2017.

The announcement comes after ITV News heard from a Uighur doctor this week, who spoke of participating in at least 500 to 600 operations on Uighur women.

These included forced contraception, forced abortion, forced sterilisation and forced removal of wombs, she said.

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