Uyghurs are calling for Xi Jinping to be arrested after the international tribunal issues a warrant for Putin

Uyghur activists on Monday again called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate genocide in China against the ethnic minority group and demanded that Chinese President Xi Jinping be arrested for his alleged crimes.

The call came days after the ICC issued an arrest warrant on Friday for Russian President Vladimir Putin for his role in the illegal deportation of Ukrainian children and forcible transfer to Russia.

Chinese President Xi Jinping applauds as he listens to Russian President Vladimir Putin via a video link in Beijing December 2, 2019.

Chinese President Xi Jinping applauds as he listens to Russian President Vladimir Putin via a video link in Beijing December 2, 2019. (Sergei Bobylev, Sputnik, Kremlin pool photo via AP/Noel Celis/pool photo via AP)

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Activists from the East Turkestan government-in-exile, which is a parliamentary-based government-in-exile based in Washington, DC, along with the East Turkestan National Movement, have called on the ICC to hold Xi to Putin’s equal account.

The international tribunal has repeatedly rejected requests to investigate allegations of forced transfers within Xinjiang province, arbitrary arrests, detentions in concentration camps, medical trials and various human rights violations, including genocide, against the Uyghur ethnic minority group.

The court said it did not have jurisdiction in China to investigate the alleged crimes as Beijing is not a signatory to the Rome Statute, which established the court in 1998.

Chinese policemen push Uyghur women protesting the detention of their relatives on July 7, 2009 in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang Province, China.

Chinese policemen push Uyghur women protesting the detention of their relatives on July 7, 2009 in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang Province, China.

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However, previous appeals have rejected these claims and pointed to the International Criminal Court’s investigation into abuses against Rohingya minorities in Myanmar – which does not recognize the authority of the International Criminal Court – siding against Bangladesh, which is a signatory of the International Criminal Court.

Parallels have been drawn to Uyghur populations who have fled to ICC-friendly nations such as Tajikistan, which borders Xinjiang province, although Tajikistan has been accused of repatriating Uyghurs to China.

Neither Ukraine nor Russia have been parties to the Rome Statute, but according to an ICC spokesman the court was able to prosecute Russian human rights abuses because Ukraine accepted its own jurisdiction to investigate such crimes.

“As a tribunal the ICC has jurisdiction over certain categories of offenses if they are committed in the territories or by citizens of a state which is a party to the Rome Statute of the ICC or has accepted the jurisdiction of the ICC (such as Ukraine which has stated that it accepts the jurisdiction of the ICC), which is not the case for China, or on referral from the United Nations Security Council,” court spokesman Fadi El Abdallah told Fox News Digital.

He added that “the International Criminal Court has no jurisdiction over the alleged crimes” China has been accused of.

Genocide, if proven, is also considered illegal under international law as defined by the United Nations Charter.

A perimeter fence is built around what is officially known as a vocational training center in Dabancheng, Xinjiang province, China, September 4, 2018.

A perimeter fence is built around what is officially known as a vocational training center in Dabancheng, Xinjiang province, China, September 4, 2018. (Reuters/Thomas Peter)

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“We call on the International Criminal Court to take action and hold Chinese leader Xi Jinping accountable for the ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity against the Uyghurs and other Turkic peoples,” Prime Minister Salih Hudayar of the Government of Turkestan said in a statement. Oriental in exile.

“The International Criminal Court must uphold justice and fulfill its ‘Never Again’ commitment by investigating the ongoing genocide and arresting Xi Jinping for his direct role in this Holocaust-like genocide in the 21st century,” he added.

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