China has violated every rule in the UN's genocide convention as it tries to 'destroy' Uighur Muslims, a think tank has claimed. China 'bears state responsibility for an ongoing genocide against the Uighurs,' researchers conclude in a paper published on Monday. Beijing has vehemently denied all claims of genocide in its western Xinjiang province, calling reports 'preposterous' and 'a total lie'. Researchers say Xi Jinping's statement in 2014 that China plans to wage a 'people's war on terror' in Xinjiang province kick-started the campaign against the Uighurs. 'Where detentions and forced labor schemes are leaving Uighur children bereft of both parents, they are being sent to State-run orphanages and raised in Chinese-language environments,' they add.

Source: Daily Mail March 09, 2021 17:36 UTC