Johnson Wins U.K. Vote on Genocide Rulings After China Sanctions
- Some MPs want courts to have power to rule on genocide cases
- Raab sets out sanctions on China officials over Uyghur plight
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Boris Johnson narrowly defeated a rebellion from members of his Conservative Party pressing for U.K. courts to rule on cases of genocide, a move they hoped would prevent the government from doing trade deals with countries found to be committing the crime.
Rebel Tory MPs, whose focus is on the plight of minority Uyghur Muslims in China, voted in favor of inserting the measure into the government’s trade legislation put to the House of Commons on Monday, but failed to win a majority. A defeat would have undermined the prime minister’s trade strategy and potentially jeopardized his efforts to strike a balance over trade and values in the U.K.’s dealings with China.