British Parliament to debate sanctions on China over atrocities against Uyghurs on Oct 12

UK Parliament has decided to hold a debate on October 12 over alleged atrocities against Uyghur Muslims perpetrated by Chinese Communist Party (CCP). A petition urging British Parliament to impose sanctions on China for ir alleged human rights violations has garnered more than 146,000 signatures and backed by 150 parliamentarians.

debate has been scheduled as government plans to introduce “Magnitsky law”, a law that targets people who commit gross human rights violations. Earlier this week, as many as five British lawmakers separately urged Parliament to bring new laws to sanction Chinese officials involved in human rights abuses in Tibet and Xinjiang. parliamentarians debated over reports of forced labour programmes and or human rights abuses in Tibet and Xinjiang.

Conservative MP Iain Duncan Smith, also co-chair of Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC), vocated imposing travel bans and freezing assets of Chinese officials responsible for rights abuse. IPAC member Tim Loughton called for reciprocal access to Tibet since Chinese officials enjoy bro access to UK. Conservative leer stressed importance of sending a strong signal to China over human rights abuse.

“We need this law...to send out a very strong signal that you cant abuse your own people in secret. We will call it out. human rights abuses of this magnitude wherever y happen must be called out,” Loughton told Parliament.

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IPAC has been created to promote a coordinated response between democratic states to challenges posed by present conduct and future ambitions of China. Ar IPAC member Alistair Carmichael told parliament that human rights are universal and if y don’t matter in Xinjiang n “y don't actually matter here eir.” Stephen Kinck, Show Minister for Asia and Pacific, even called for a "fundamental reset" in UK-China relations.

Data policing

China has been facing increased international scrutiny over alleged human rights violations of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang province. According to latest report by ema magazine, published by a US-based think tank, China has intensified surveillance through data policing. data generated through digital surveillance system and subsequent interrogation help m label Muslims as “untrustworthy”.

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(With ANI inputs)