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China's Xi responsible for Uyghur 'genocide', unofficial tribunal says

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An unofficial tribunal of lawyers and campaigners said on Thursday that Chinese President Xi Jinping bore primary responsibility for what it said was genocide, crimes against humanity, and torture of Uyghurs and Kazakhs in Xinjiang.

"The People's Republic of China (PRC) has committed genocide, crimes against humanity, and torture against Uyghur, Kazakh, and other ethnic minority citizens in the north-west region of China known as Xinjiang," said the Uyghur Tribunal.

"The tribunal is satisfied that President Xi Jinping... and other very senior officials in the PRC and CCP (Chinese Communist Party) bear primary responsibility...

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