Senators in ‘full-scale mutiny’ over Uyghur report rejection
McDowell says senate members were ‘ashamed’ of government’s refusal to endorse account of China’s treatment of minority community
The Department of Foreign Affairs caused a “full-scale mutiny” among government senators after it refused to accept an independent report into the Chinese government’s treatment of Uyghur people.
In December, an independent and unofficial British-based tribunal found China had established camps in which up to one million Uyghur people have been incarcerated for “re-education”. The Uyghur Tribunal, which comprised lawyers, academics and business people, also found that they have been subjected to “acts of unconscionable ...
