UK House of Lords member and top human rights lawyer, called China’s abuses against Uyghurs ‘crimes against humanity’ and urged global action. She warned against silence on mass detentions, forced labour, and cultural erasure.
Member of the UK House of Lords and Director of the International Bar Association’s Institute of Human Rights, Baroness Helena Kennedy KC, expressed solidarity with Uyghurs and criticised China’s policies in East Turkistan (XUAR in China) on May 26, 2025, during the 3rd East Turkistan Uyghur Summit.
She condemned the Chinese government’s treatment of Uyghurs and called for international action to address ongoing human rights violations.
Baroness Kennedy, a human rights lawyer, called the atrocities committed by China against Uyghurs “crimes against humanity,” and condemned the global silence that continues to enable Beijing’s repressive policies. “The voices of those who have suffered and those who campaign on their behalf must be heard. These wrongs have to end,” she asserted.
Kennedy highlighted the horror endured by Uyghurs – mass detentions in so-called “re-education” camps, forced labour without pay, sterilisation and forced abortions, torture, family separation, and the erasure of cultural identity.
“These are concentration camps. This is a systematic, state-sponsored effort to erase a people and their way of life,” she said, calling on the global community to unite in opposition to Beijing’s policies. “The world must say loudly and clearly – this cannot continue,” Kennedy declared.
Uygur News May 27, 2025
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