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Dutch parliament labeled China’s mistreatment to the Uighur minority as “genocide”
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AMSTERDAM, 26 February, 2021 (TON): On Thursday, a non-binding motion was passed by the parliament of the Netherland saying, the treatment of the Uighur Muslim minority in China amounts to genocide.
The Netherlands being the first European country to comment like this, it said "genocide on the Uighur minority is occurring in China," stopping short of directly saying that the country's government was responsible.
The Dutch motion said that actions by the Chinese government such as "measures intended to prevent births" and "having punishment camps" fell under United Nations Resolution 260, generally known as the genocide convention.
Earlier this week, Canada passed a resolution labeling China's treatment of the Uighurs genocide, however, Prime Minister Mark Rutte's conservative VVD party voted against the resolution, which did not recommend the Cabinet take any specific action.
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