Book to read: “The Order Of The Day” by Eric Vuillard. The Reich’s concentration camps: the corporations which benefited and the politicians who didn’t give a tinker’s damn. Chilling parallels with Uyghur slave labour.

Book to read: “The Order Of The Day” by Eric Vuillard. The Reich’s concentration camps: the corporations which benefited and the politicians who didn’t give a tinker’s damn. Chilling parallels with Uyghur slave labour.

Book to read: “The Order Of The Day” by Eric Vuillard. The corporations which benefited from the Reich’s concentration camps - and the politicians - didn’t give a tinker’s damn about incarcerated Jews, or to the annexation of Austria. Chilling parallels with Uyghur...

For the Uyghurs, Genocide is a word which dares not speak its name. For the sake of women like Rahima Mahmut, Gulzira Auelkhan, Sayragul Sauytbay, and Ruqiye Perhat – whose heart-breaking, shocking, stories are recorded here – it’s time that the crime of genocide was given definition in the UK. On January 19th Parliament can use its voice and speak that name – insisting on justice for victims of Genocide and refusing to make tawdry trade deals with those responsible for the crime above all crimes.

For the Uyghurs, Genocide is a word which dares not speak its name. For the sake of women like Rahima Mahmut, Gulzira Auelkhan, Sayragul Sauytbay, and Ruqiye Perhat – whose heart-breaking, shocking, stories are recorded here – it’s time that the crime of genocide was given definition in the UK. On January 19th Parliament can use its voice and speak that name – insisting on justice for victims of Genocide and refusing to make tawdry trade deals with those responsible for the crime above all crimes.

For the Uyghurs Genocide is a word which dares not speak its name ================================================= Extract: What word comes into your mind when you hear evidence of  a State  complicit in the destruction of a people’s identity; complicit in...

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For 18 years David Alton was a Member of the House of Commons and today he is an Independent Crossbench Life Peer in the UK House of Lords.

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