France: International rights group for the Uyghur people files lawsuit in French court against Huawei, other Chinese tech companies over surveillance, crimes against humanity (www.uyghurcongress.org)
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The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) has filed a legal complaint in Paris against Dahua Technology France, Hikvision France, and Huawei France. The submission, made by prominent French human rights lawyer William Bourdon of Bourdon & Associés, accuses the three Chinese companies of complicity in crimes against humanity perpetrated against the Uyghur people in East Turkistan.

“This submission is an important reminder to all companies complicit in the Chinese government’s genocide that they bear legal responsibility,” said WUC President Turgunjan Alawdun. “We are confident that the French judiciary will take this matter seriously.”

The legal complaint outlines four serious charges:

• Concealment of complicity in the crime of aggravated servitude
• Concealment of complicity in the crime of trafficking in human beings as part of an organized gang
• Concealment of complicity in genocide
• Concealment of complicity in crimes against humanity

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