UN Makes Formal , 'Crimes Against Humanity' Accusation in Report, on Uyghur Muslims.
UN Makes Formal , 'Crimes Against Humanity' Accusation in Report, on Uyghur Muslims.
The U.N. report concerning China's treatment of the Uyghur Muslim population in the province of Xinjiang was released on Aug. 31.
The U.N. report concerning China's treatment of the Uyghur Muslim population in the province of Xinjiang was released on Aug. 31.
The government of China has been accused of sending more than a million people to detention camps.
Reports of a torture, sexual assault and cultural obliteration endemic in the camps have circulated for years.
The extent of arbitrary and discriminatory detention of members of Uyghur and other predominantly Muslim groups... , U.N. report on Uyghur Muslims, via AP .
... in (the) context of restrictions and deprivation more generally of fundamental rights ...
may constitute international crimes, in particular
crimes against humanity, U.N. report on Uyghur Muslims, via AP .
The report does not use the word "genocide,"
as some Western nations have accused
China of committing in the province.
Advocates for the Uyghur Muslim population described the report as "damning," saying it flips China's own narrative.
For years, the Chinese government has said the Uyghurs are terrorists. Now, we can point to them and say, you’re
the terrorists, Rayhan Asat, Uyghur Lawyer, via AP .
A spokesperson for China's Foreign Ministry referred to the report as "false information." .
The assessment is a patchwork of false information that serves as political tools for the U.S. and other Western countries to strategically use Xinjiang to contain China, Wang Wenbin, China's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, via AP .
It again shows that the U.N. Human Rights Office has been reduced to an enforcer and accomplice of the U.S. and other Western countries, Wang Wenbin, China's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, via AP .
China issued its own report in
response to the U.N. accusation. .
The 122-page report is titled,
“Fight against Terrorism and
Extremism in Xinjiang:
Truth and Facts.”