Article 6RN8E Uyghur activist accuses Labour of failing to stand up to China

Uyghur activist accuses Labour of failing to stand up to China

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Rahima Mahmut, in exile in the UK, disappointed' at failure to describe Beijing's crackdown on minority as genocide

A leading Uyghur activist has accused the Labour government of falling behind" its allies in failing to stand up to China, after ministers backtracked on plans to push for formal recognition of the country's treatment of the minority group as genocide.

Speaking after David Lammy's first visit to China as UK foreign secretary, the human rights activist Rahima Mahmut, who has lived in exile in the UK since 2000, said she had hoped there would be a shift in UK policy once the party came into power, including following the US in declaring a continuing genocide in Xinjiang.

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