Australian parliament debates motion on rights abuses in China's Xinjiang

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SYDNEY: Australia's parliament debated on Monday (Mar 22) a motion to condemn 'systematic breaches' of human rights by China, saying other ...

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This photo taken on May 31, 2019 shows watchtowers on a high-security facility near what is believed to be a re-education camp where mostly Muslim ethnic minorities are detained, on the outskirts of Hotan, in China's northwestern Xinjiang region AFP/GREG BAKERSYDNEY: Australia's parliament debated on Monday a motion to condemn"systematic breaches" of human rights by China, saying other legislatures had described as genocide its actions towards Uighurs in the far western region...

The Chinese embassy did not immediately respond to a request for comment. China denies any human rights abuses in Xinjiang. Many have said, or questioned if, the ruling Chinese Communist Party's programme contravened the United Nations' genocide convention of 1948, he added.Andrews' motion urges Australia to enforce laws against modern slavery and identify supply chains that use forced labour. It was not immediately clear when it would be put to a vote.

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Australia should debate more on MyanMar , they need human rights , need alot .....

Rights ? Fuck human rights , mother of all failure

The whole world is waiting for Australia yo surrender their soldiers whom committed war crimes in Afghanistan.

For 50,000 or so years the Aborigines have inhabited Australia. For the last 200 years they have been oppressed to the point where they are now outcasts in their own land, unemployed, uneducated, unhealthy, impoverished and possibly the most imprisoned people on earth.

What about Aboriginals on their own soil?

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