Oslo, May 1 (NationPress) Sayragul Sauytbay, the Vice President of the East Turkistan Government in Exile (ETGE), has once again brought attention to the "ongoing genocide" and "crimes against humanity" perpetrated by China against Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and other Turkic peoples.

Addressing the Ethical Trade Conference in Norway, Sauytbay, an ethnic Kazakh from Xinjiang, urged the Norwegian government to reevaluate its connections with Beijing.

"The Norwegian government and businesses must urgently and unequivocally reassess their ties with China, to avoid becoming complicit in the genocide, crimes against humanity, and mass enslavement of millions in East Turkistan through forced labor," she stated during her opening remarks at Norway's leading platform for ethical and sustainable trade.

This event, held at Dansens Hus in Oslo, celebrated the 25th anniversary of Ethical Trade Norway, bringing together over 300 participants from various sectors including business, labor, government, and civil society.

Sharing her personal story as an educator forced into Chinese concentration camps, Sauytbay described the extensive internment, torture, forced labor, and indoctrination occurring within the country.

"She noted that nearly one million Uyghur, Kazakh, and other Turkic children have been forcibly separated from their families and placed into state-run boarding schools and orphanages, where they face political indoctrination aimed at erasing their ethnic and religious identities," an ETGE statement revealed.

Stressing that China's actions in 'Occupied East Turkistan' are part of a larger imperial strategy, Sauytbay asserted that the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a key tool in China's quest for global domination, enabling the Chinese Communist Party to extend its authoritarian influence under the pretext of development and trade.

"She cautioned that without full transparency and ethical due diligence, ongoing political and economic relations with China could render Norway's government and its companies morally and legally complicit in these atrocities," the ETGE emphasized.

While acknowledging the efforts of Ethical Trade Norway and several Norwegian companies to enhance corporate accountability under the Transparency Act, Sauytbay insisted that much more must be done to eradicate complicity in systems built on genocide and forced labor.

"The East Turkistan Government in Exile reiterates its call for Norway and the international community to recognize and denounce the genocide and mass enslavement of the East Turkistani people by the Chinese state, impose targeted sanctions on those responsible, and support the fundamental rights of the East Turkistani people for freedom, dignity, and national self-determination," the ETGE stated in a media release.