A "people's tribunal" set up to assess whether China's alleged rights abuses against the Uyghur people constitute genocide has opened in London.
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Witnesses have alleged inmates at detention camps are routinely humiliated, tortured and abused.

The tribunal, made up of lawyers, academics and businesspeople, does not have UK government backing or any powers to sanction or punish China.

But organisers hope the process of publicly laying out evidence will compel international action to tackle alleged abuses against the Uyghurs, a largely Muslim ethnic group.

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