Tag : Participation

Lhasa (Tibet): After China's participation in Queen Elizabeth II funeral was opposed over the suppression of Xinjiang's Muslim Uyghurs, the spotlight on Beijing's brutal suppression attracted global attention. A group of UK lawmakers objected to the invitation to Chinese government leaders to attend the state funeral of the late Queen Elizabeth II, reported Tibet Press. A week ago, United Nations Human Rights Office (UNHCR) released a report on the Xinjiang region, reporting widespread repression of minority Turkic Muslims by the Beijing government. The report concluded that "serious human rights violations have been committed" in Xinjiang. Despite China trying to hide, suppress or play down what happening in Xinjiang, the political pressure, activism and struggle of Uyghurs will keep the issue alive, reported Tibet Press. Protests in support of Uyghur Muslims are held by human rights activists across the world regularly. Even Uyghurs living outside China are trying to keep the flame alive. All of this suggests that the Xinjiang issue will continue to feature in global discussions. In the letter to the country's Foreign Secretary, the UK lawmakers raised concerns over the invitation to the "architects" of genocide against the Uyghur minority. They said the decision was "extraordinary" since the UK Parliament had voted to recognise the "genocide committed by the Chinese government." The UK has already banned Chinese officials from visiting the Queen's body lying in state at Westminster Hall in London. Now calls are made for withdrawing the invitation to the Beijing government, reported Tibet Press. "Inviting the Chinese government is an insult to the memory of the Queen and should be rescinded immediately, "Tim Loughton, an MP fro ...