The resolution’s sponsor, Lithuanian MP DovilėŠakalienė, is a member of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) and has repeatedly criticized the Chinese Communist Party on human rights issues. She is also on the list of 10 European parliamentarians and academics who were subjected to retaliatory sanctions by the Chinese Communist Party after the EU sanctioned Chinese officials in March for human rights issues in Xinjiang.
Lithuanian state radio and television (LRT) reported on June 6 that the Lithuanian parliament is expected to hold a public hearing on the 22nd, inviting experts from various countries and relatives of those imprisoned in Xinjiang to discuss China’s persecution of Uighurs.
Sakaliane said that the serious human rights violations committed by the Chinese Communist Party meet the definition of the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, and that Lithuania is preparing a response.
She said that the Chinese Communist Party has systematically violated the Convention, and the scale of the persecution and crimes may not be clear to the world, the resolution will regulate Lithuania’s approach to dealings with China, such as the principles to be adhered to, red lines and unacceptable things.
However, immediately after the proposal was sent to the parliament, Sakaliane and several Lithuanian MPs received a stern letter of pressure from the Chinese embassy.
In response, Sakaliane said that the matter concerns the fundamental values of the European Union and that MPs from several countries will join together to defend it, “We do not accept threats.
The situation of the Uighurs, a Muslim minority in Xinjiang, has received international attention recently, with the Canadian and Dutch parliaments passing motions in February condemning the Chinese government’s oppression of them as “genocide.
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