UN report accuses China of serious human rights violations in Xinjiang

China has committed “serious human rights violations” which many constitute “crimes against humanity”, on Muslim minorities in remote Xinjiang, the outgoing UN human rights commissioner, Michelle Bachelet, has said in a long-awaited report, dramatically released before her last day in office ended on August 31.

These violations – including rape, forced sterilisations and disappearances -- were committed by China in the context of the government’s application of counter-terrorism and counter-extremism strategies, the 48-page report said.

“The extent of arbitrary and discriminatory detention of members of Uyghur and other predominantly Muslim groups, pursuant to law and policy, in context of restrictions and deprivation more generally of fundamental rights enjoyed individually and collectively, may constitute international crimes, in particular crimes against humanity,” the report released by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the leading UN body on human rights.

China responded by saying the report was “based on the disinformation and lies fabricated by anti-China forces” and that it “wantonly smears and slanders” China and interferes in the country’s internal affairs.

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