cross-posted from: https://scribe.disroot.org/post/12201220
cross-posted from: https://scribe.disroot.org/post/12200742
A committee of the Parliament of Catalonia is considering a resolution that condemns China’s persecution of Uyghurs, demands the release of arbitrarily detained people and urges European action.
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The text “condemns the systematic persecution of the Uyghur people exercised by the People’s Republic of China.” It cites mass detentions, torture, forced labour, destruction of cultural and religious heritage and forced sinicization. It demands “the release of all persons arbitrarily detained.” It also reaffirms the right of Uyghurs to decide their political future “without external interference.”
The resolution urges the Catalan government to press European bodies, specifically the European Commission’s presidency, to adopt proportionate diplomatic and economic measures. It would set up ways to alert Catalan companies linked to Uyghur forced-labour supply chains. It asks the government to offer support and reception to Uyghurs who reach Catalonia fleeing persecution, under asylum rules. Copies would go to the Generalitat, EU institutions, the UN human rights office, the World Uyghur Congress in Munich and Uyghur community representatives in Catalonia.
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The preamble says Catalonia, “as a nation with a strong tradition in the defence of language, culture and self-determination,” has a responsibility to speak out when other peoples are denied their rights. Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain with its own language. Under Francisco Franco’s dictatorship (1939–1975), Catalan language and cultural institutions faced severe restrictions.
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[In the past, similar declarations have been made by European and international lawmakers that branded China’s policy in the Xinjiang regions as genocide, including the parliaments of the UK, the Netherlands, Canada, France.]
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How come neither the Uyghur Times nor it’s founder Tahir Imin doesn’t have a Wikipedia page?
Good question. Maybe you want to create one? :-)
I would probably have to know more about them to write it. I think it’s a bad sign for an organizations credibility if there isn’t a Wikipedia page for it or some of the head people involved. Sounds like astroturfing or a CIA plot.
You could contact them to know more if you want (and have the time to do it). But I don’t think having a Wikipedia page is a necessity for credibility.
Sounds like astroturfing or a CIA plot.
I take this as satire.
Yeah I think a source I’ve never heard of making claims that specifically benefit the US agenda isn’t very credible.
This helps the Uyghurs and possibly other minorities within China. And a source is not less credible just because it hasn’t a Wikipedia page or you haven’t heard about it.
The Catalan’s parliament move is reported also on other platforms.
So why not post those?