Life And Society / Crime

Al Gillespie - China and its treatment of Uyghurs

11:30 am on 9 May 2021

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Waikato University's international law expert Al Gillespie joins the show to discuss the treatment of the Uyghur people by China, and the New Zealand parliament's decision to label that treatment as 'severe human rights abuses'.

A member of the Uyghur community holds a placard as he joins a demonstration to call on the British parliament to vote to recognise alleged persecution of the Uyghur people as genocide and crimes against humanity in London on April 22, 2021. Photo: AFP / Justin Tallis