Human rights organisations say around one million Uighurs are being held at detention camps in the Xinjiang province - which China denies. Video / Sky News / GettyThe Green party supports a Parliamentary motion to vote on if the abuse of the Uighur minority in China amounts to genocide. Greens foreign affairs spokeswoman Golriz Ghahraman said the caucus had decided to support notice of motion to declare a genocide "in solidarity with the Uighur people". "We have long been raising concerns about human rights abuses accruing in the Xianjiang Uighur Region. Van Velden said she felt parliamentarians had a duty to stand up for human rights, especially for those who "don't have a voice".

Source: New Zealand Herald May 04, 2021 02:38 UTC