China's Xinjiang faces 'risk of genocide': EU parliament

Motion urges Beijing to end alleged forced labor, sterilization of Uyghurs

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Security guards stand at the gates of what is officially known as a vocational skills education center in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. © Reuters

RHYANNON BARTLETT-IMADEGAWA, Nikkei staff writer

LONDON -- The European Parliament labeled the alleged human rights abuses in China's Xinjiang region as "crimes against humanity" and warned of "a serious risk of genocide," in a nonbinding vote on Thursday.

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