Tribunal hears genocide claims

Uighur Muslims are shackled with “tiger chains”, tortured, forcibly sterilised, raped and live in fear under mass surveillance, an independent London tribunal heard, as it seeks to assess claims that Beijing is committing genocide in the Xinjiang region. The Uighur Tribunal will hear dozens of testimonies over four days in what campaigners hope will be the most comprehensive public investigation since allegations of abuses against Muslims in China emerged more than three years ago. The evidence includes claims that more than 5500 people from the Uighur minority group are missing in China. Beijing has launched an aggressive campaign to counter such accounts and has repeatedly tried to undermine the Uighur Tribunal.