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French lawmakers officially recognise China’s treatment of Uyghurs as ‘genocide’
France24 ^ | January 20, 2022

Posted on 01/20/2022 8:01:57 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

France's parliament on Thursday denounced a "genocide" by China against its Uyghur Muslim population, in a resolution that risks straining ties between Paris and Beijing two weeks before the Winter Olympics.

The non-binding resolution, adopted with 169 votes in favour and just one against, was proposed by the opposition Socialists in the lower house of parliament but also backed by President Emmanuel Macron's Republic on the Move (LREM) party.

It reads that the National Assembly "officially recognises the violence perpetrated by the People's Republic of China against the Uyghurs as constituting crimes against humanity and genocide".

It also calls on the French government to undertake "the necessary measures within the international community and in its foreign policy towards the People's Republic of China" to protect the minority group in the Xinjiang region.

"China is a great power. We love the Chinese people. But we refuse to submit to propaganda from a regime that is banking on our cowardice and our avarice to perpetrate a genocide in plain sight," Socialist party chief Olivier Faure said.

(Excerpt) Read more at france24.com ...


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1 posted on 01/20/2022 8:01:57 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Uyghurs are SLAVES dems have always loved slavery and support this too.

Warriors part-owner Chamath Palihapitiya says he doesn’t care about genocide in China, then backtracks

https://www.sfgate.com/warriors/article/Palihapitiya-says-he-doesnt-care-Uyghur-genocide-16783558.php

Dems supposedly are against slavery and the rich. UYGHYRS are SLAVES in China. Here you have a RICH dem who supports slavery. Dems were ALWAYS the ones who supported slavery. Repubs were the anti-slavery party. Always was.

13th amendment-ABOLISH SLAVERY
R voted 100% D voted 27%
14th amendment-GAVE CITIZENSHIP TO FREED SLAVES
R voted 94% D voted 0%
15th amendment-RIGHT TO VOTE FOR ALL
R voted 100% D voted 0%


2 posted on 01/20/2022 8:04:00 AM PST by Singermom
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

China should just say they are unvaccinated.


3 posted on 01/20/2022 8:04:09 AM PST by alternatives? (The only reason to have an army is to defend your borders.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Good.


4 posted on 01/20/2022 8:05:55 AM PST by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

BFD.


5 posted on 01/20/2022 8:13:42 AM PST by wny ( )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Meanwhile, they’ll still send their Olympic team to china.


6 posted on 01/20/2022 8:33:22 AM PST by sevlex
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

And.....


7 posted on 01/20/2022 8:33:43 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Great, the French are doing something... I wonder who VOTED AGAINST IT? Is his name LeMoron? 🤓


8 posted on 01/20/2022 9:28:18 AM PST by Deplorable American1776 (I'm the ones trying to save American Democracy...Donald Trump 6/21 at the NCGOP convention! )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

It’s a small step. If they meant it, they would sanction China and withdraw form the Berl...Beijing Olympics.


9 posted on 01/25/2022 1:05:13 AM PST by rmlew ("Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers." )
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10 posted on 02/13/2022 5:52:23 AM PST by Twotone (While one may vote oneself into socialism one has to shoot oneself out of it.)
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