Un Report Mentions Possible Crimes Against Humanity In China S Xinjiang

China’s mass detention of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities may amount to crimes against humanity, the United Nations human rights office said in a report released late Wednesday. The 48-page report is a damning indictment of China’s practices in Xinjiang, where it has cracked down on Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim groups in the name of fighting “extremism”. Since at least 2017, this campaign has resulted in “serious human rights violations,” the report said, with “interrelated patterns of severe and unjustified restrictions on a wide range of human rights.” At the core of the alleged abuses is a vast system of “vocational education and training centers,” which China claims are focused on poverty alleviation and deradicalization, but former prisoners and outside observers say are closer to prison camps, with people who subject to indoctrination and abuse. “Allegations of patterns of torture or ill-treatment, including forced medical treatment and adverse conditions of detention, are credible, as are allegations of isolated incidents of sexual and gender-based violence,” said the UN report, which “in itself would be in acts of torture or other forms of ill-treatment’. It said the extent of arbitrary and discriminatory detention of Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim groups and the deprivation of fundamental rights in general “may constitute international crimes, particularly crimes against humanity”. The report says its assessment is based on China’s “obligations under international human rights law” to prevent crimes against humanity – large-scale or methodical violence against large numbers of victims. The “arbitrary and discriminatory detention” of Uyghurs and other Muslims in China’s Xinjiang region may amount to crimes against humanity, the outgoing UN human rights chief said in a long-awaited report on Wednesday. Reuters It also found compelling evidence of coercion in China’s “surplus labor” programs, echoing previous International Labor Organization findings that have prompted several countries to impose restrictions on products originating from Xinjiang. While the report cites some interviews with former prisoners, most of its sources are government documents and statements. Previous reports on Xinjiang, including estimates that as many as one million people may have passed through the detention camp system, have also relied heavily on such primary sources, despite Beijing’s efforts to discredit any allegations of abuses in the region. That report has led some governments and parliaments, including Canada, to label the situation in Xinjiang a “genocide,” a term the UN report does not use, while stressing the reliability of the evidence based on most of the estimates that came to this conclusion. The UN human rights office, led by High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet, has been investigating allegations of human rights abuses in Xinjiang for years. The report released on Wednesday was originally scheduled to be published early last year, but was delayed for unspecified reasons. In May 2022, Ms. Bachelet visited China on a trip that raised serious concerns about possible whitewashing. In a press conference, the former Chilean president focused more on human rights violations in the United States and said she was “not able to assess the full scale” of the detention camp system. Outgoing UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet gives a final press conference at the UN offices in Geneva on August 25, 2022. FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images Since then, Ms. Bachelet has faced fierce criticism from Uyghur and human rights groups and is calling for her office to release the long-delayed report. Beijing has lobbied hard behind the scenes and publicly to prevent his release. The report was published around midnight Geneva time, minutes before the end of Ms Bachelet’s term as high commissioner. In a departure, he did not mention China and warned that “polarization within and between states has reached extraordinary levels and multilateralism is under pressure.” Sophie Richardson, China director at Human Rights Watch, said “the UN’s damning findings explain why Beijing fought tooth and nail to prevent this report from being published.” “The UN Human Rights Council should use the report to launch a comprehensive investigation into the Chinese government’s crimes against humanity targeting Uyghurs and others – and hold those responsible accountable,” he added. In the report, the United Nations urged China to reverse its policies in Xinjiang and immediately investigate allegations of human rights violations, while also recommending that the international community “strengthen the protection and promotion of human rights in [Xinjiang] following these recommendations”. Beijing’s response to the UN findings was included in an annex published alongside Wednesday’s report, nearly three times as long, with much of it focusing on alleged terror attacks in China seen as justification for de-radicalisation programmes. In an introduction, China’s permanent mission to the UN in Geneva said it “strongly opposes the publication of the so-called ‘assessment of the human rights situation in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China’” by the [Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights].” He accused the UN of relying on “disinformation and lies manufactured by anti-China forces” and said the assessment “goes against the mandate of the OHCHR and ignores the human rights achievements made jointly by people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang and the catastrophic damage caused by terrorism and extremism”. 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title: “Un Report Mentions Possible Crimes Against Humanity In China S Xinjiang Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-15” author: “Lon Gomez”

China’s mass detention of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities may amount to crimes against humanity, the United Nations human rights office said in a report released late Wednesday. The 48-page report is a damning indictment of China’s practices in Xinjiang, where it has cracked down on Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim groups in the name of fighting “extremism”. Since at least 2017, this campaign has resulted in “serious human rights violations,” the report said, with “interrelated patterns of severe and unjustified restrictions on a wide range of human rights.” At the core of the alleged abuses is a vast system of “vocational education and training centers,” which China claims are focused on poverty alleviation and deradicalization, but former prisoners and outside observers say are closer to prison camps, with people who subject to indoctrination and abuse. “Allegations of patterns of torture or ill-treatment, including forced medical treatment and adverse conditions of detention, are credible, as are allegations of isolated incidents of sexual and gender-based violence,” said the UN report, which “in itself would be in acts of torture or other forms of ill-treatment’. It said the extent of arbitrary and discriminatory detention of Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim groups and the deprivation of fundamental rights in general “may constitute international crimes, particularly crimes against humanity”. The report says its assessment is based on China’s “obligations under international human rights law” to prevent crimes against humanity – large-scale or methodical violence against large numbers of victims. The “arbitrary and discriminatory detention” of Uyghurs and other Muslims in China’s Xinjiang region may amount to crimes against humanity, the outgoing UN human rights chief said in a long-awaited report on Wednesday. Reuters It also found compelling evidence of coercion in China’s “surplus labor” programs, echoing previous International Labor Organization findings that have prompted several countries to impose restrictions on products originating from Xinjiang. While the report cites some interviews with former prisoners, most of its sources are government documents and statements. Previous reports on Xinjiang, including estimates that as many as one million people may have passed through the detention camp system, have also relied heavily on such primary sources, despite Beijing’s efforts to discredit any allegations of abuses in the region. That report has led some governments and parliaments, including Canada, to label the situation in Xinjiang a “genocide,” a term the UN report does not use, while stressing the reliability of the evidence based on most of the estimates that came to this conclusion. The UN human rights office, led by High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet, has been investigating allegations of human rights abuses in Xinjiang for years. The report released on Wednesday was originally scheduled to be published early last year, but was delayed for unspecified reasons. In May 2022, Ms. Bachelet visited China on a trip that raised serious concerns about possible whitewashing. In a press conference, the former Chilean president focused more on human rights violations in the United States and said she was “not able to assess the full scale” of the detention camp system. Outgoing UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet gives a final press conference at the UN offices in Geneva on August 25, 2022. FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images Since then, Ms. Bachelet has faced fierce criticism from Uyghur and human rights groups and is calling for her office to release the long-delayed report. Beijing has lobbied hard behind the scenes and publicly to prevent his release. The report was published around midnight Geneva time, minutes before the end of Ms Bachelet’s term as high commissioner. In a departure, he did not mention China and warned that “polarization within and between states has reached extraordinary levels and multilateralism is under pressure.” Sophie Richardson, China director at Human Rights Watch, said “the UN’s damning findings explain why Beijing fought tooth and nail to prevent this report from being published.” “The UN Human Rights Council should use the report to launch a comprehensive investigation into the Chinese government’s crimes against humanity targeting Uyghurs and others – and hold those responsible accountable,” he added. In the report, the United Nations urged China to reverse its policies in Xinjiang and immediately investigate allegations of human rights violations, while also recommending that the international community “strengthen the protection and promotion of human rights in [Xinjiang] following these recommendations”. Beijing’s response to the UN findings was included in an annex published alongside Wednesday’s report, nearly three times as long, with much of it focusing on alleged terror attacks in China seen as justification for de-radicalisation programmes. In an introduction, China’s permanent mission to the UN in Geneva said it “strongly opposes the publication of the so-called ‘assessment of the human rights situation in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China’” by the [Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights].” He accused the UN of relying on “disinformation and lies manufactured by anti-China forces” and said the assessment “goes against the mandate of the OHCHR and ignores the human rights achievements made jointly by people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang and the catastrophic damage caused by terrorism and extremism”. 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title: “Un Report Mentions Possible Crimes Against Humanity In China S Xinjiang Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-04” author: “Nancy Newcomb”

China’s mass detention of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities may amount to crimes against humanity, the United Nations human rights office said in a report released late Wednesday. The 48-page report is a damning indictment of China’s practices in Xinjiang, where it has cracked down on Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim groups in the name of fighting “extremism”. Since at least 2017, this campaign has resulted in “serious human rights violations,” the report said, with “interrelated patterns of severe and unjustified restrictions on a wide range of human rights.” At the core of the alleged abuses is a vast system of “vocational education and training centers,” which China claims are focused on poverty alleviation and deradicalization, but former prisoners and outside observers say are closer to prison camps, with people who subject to indoctrination and abuse. “Allegations of patterns of torture or ill-treatment, including forced medical treatment and adverse conditions of detention, are credible, as are allegations of isolated incidents of sexual and gender-based violence,” said the UN report, which “in itself would be in acts of torture or other forms of ill-treatment’. It said the extent of arbitrary and discriminatory detention of Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim groups and the deprivation of fundamental rights in general “may constitute international crimes, particularly crimes against humanity”. The report says its assessment is based on China’s “obligations under international human rights law” to prevent crimes against humanity – large-scale or methodical violence against large numbers of victims. The “arbitrary and discriminatory detention” of Uyghurs and other Muslims in China’s Xinjiang region may amount to crimes against humanity, the outgoing UN human rights chief said in a long-awaited report on Wednesday. Reuters It also found compelling evidence of coercion in China’s “surplus labor” programs, echoing previous International Labor Organization findings that have prompted several countries to impose restrictions on products originating from Xinjiang. While the report cites some interviews with former prisoners, most of its sources are government documents and statements. Previous reports on Xinjiang, including estimates that as many as one million people may have passed through the detention camp system, have also relied heavily on such primary sources, despite Beijing’s efforts to discredit any allegations of abuses in the region. That report has led some governments and parliaments, including Canada, to label the situation in Xinjiang a “genocide,” a term the UN report does not use, while stressing the reliability of the evidence based on most of the estimates that came to this conclusion. The UN human rights office, led by High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet, has been investigating allegations of human rights abuses in Xinjiang for years. The report released on Wednesday was originally scheduled to be published early last year, but was delayed for unspecified reasons. In May 2022, Ms. Bachelet visited China on a trip that raised serious concerns about possible whitewashing. In a press conference, the former Chilean president focused more on human rights violations in the United States and said she was “not able to assess the full scale” of the detention camp system. Outgoing UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet gives a final press conference at the UN offices in Geneva on August 25, 2022. FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images Since then, Ms. Bachelet has faced fierce criticism from Uyghur and human rights groups and is calling for her office to release the long-delayed report. Beijing has lobbied hard behind the scenes and publicly to prevent his release. The report was published around midnight Geneva time, minutes before the end of Ms Bachelet’s term as high commissioner. In a departure, he did not mention China and warned that “polarization within and between states has reached extraordinary levels and multilateralism is under pressure.” Sophie Richardson, China director at Human Rights Watch, said “the UN’s damning findings explain why Beijing fought tooth and nail to prevent this report from being published.” “The UN Human Rights Council should use the report to launch a comprehensive investigation into the Chinese government’s crimes against humanity targeting Uyghurs and others – and hold those responsible accountable,” he added. In the report, the United Nations urged China to reverse its policies in Xinjiang and immediately investigate allegations of human rights violations, while also recommending that the international community “strengthen the protection and promotion of human rights in [Xinjiang] following these recommendations”. Beijing’s response to the UN findings was included in an annex published alongside Wednesday’s report, nearly three times as long, with much of it focusing on alleged terror attacks in China seen as justification for de-radicalisation programmes. In an introduction, China’s permanent mission to the UN in Geneva said it “strongly opposes the publication of the so-called ‘assessment of the human rights situation in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China’” by the [Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights].” He accused the UN of relying on “disinformation and lies manufactured by anti-China forces” and said the assessment “goes against the mandate of the OHCHR and ignores the human rights achievements made jointly by people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang and the catastrophic damage caused by terrorism and extremism”. 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title: “Un Report Mentions Possible Crimes Against Humanity In China S Xinjiang Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-20” author: “Darla Hall”

China’s mass detention of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities may amount to crimes against humanity, the United Nations human rights office said in a report released late Wednesday. The 48-page report is a damning indictment of China’s practices in Xinjiang, where it has cracked down on Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim groups in the name of fighting “extremism”. Since at least 2017, this campaign has resulted in “serious human rights violations,” the report said, with “interrelated patterns of severe and unjustified restrictions on a wide range of human rights.” At the core of the alleged abuses is a vast system of “vocational education and training centers,” which China claims are focused on poverty alleviation and deradicalization, but former prisoners and outside observers say are closer to prison camps, with people who subject to indoctrination and abuse. “Allegations of patterns of torture or ill-treatment, including forced medical treatment and adverse conditions of detention, are credible, as are allegations of isolated incidents of sexual and gender-based violence,” said the UN report, which “in itself would be in acts of torture or other forms of ill-treatment’. It said the extent of arbitrary and discriminatory detention of Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim groups and the deprivation of fundamental rights in general “may constitute international crimes, particularly crimes against humanity”. The report says its assessment is based on China’s “obligations under international human rights law” to prevent crimes against humanity – large-scale or methodical violence against large numbers of victims. The “arbitrary and discriminatory detention” of Uyghurs and other Muslims in China’s Xinjiang region may amount to crimes against humanity, the outgoing UN human rights chief said in a long-awaited report on Wednesday. Reuters It also found compelling evidence of coercion in China’s “surplus labor” programs, echoing previous International Labor Organization findings that have prompted several countries to impose restrictions on products originating from Xinjiang. While the report cites some interviews with former prisoners, most of its sources are government documents and statements. Previous reports on Xinjiang, including estimates that as many as one million people may have passed through the detention camp system, have also relied heavily on such primary sources, despite Beijing’s efforts to discredit any allegations of abuses in the region. That report has led some governments and parliaments, including Canada, to label the situation in Xinjiang a “genocide,” a term the UN report does not use, while stressing the reliability of the evidence based on most of the estimates that came to this conclusion. The UN human rights office, led by High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet, has been investigating allegations of human rights abuses in Xinjiang for years. The report released on Wednesday was originally scheduled to be published early last year, but was delayed for unspecified reasons. In May 2022, Ms. Bachelet visited China on a trip that raised serious concerns about possible whitewashing. In a press conference, the former Chilean president focused more on human rights violations in the United States and said she was “not able to assess the full scale” of the detention camp system. Outgoing UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet gives a final press conference at the UN offices in Geneva on August 25, 2022. FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images Since then, Ms. Bachelet has faced fierce criticism from Uyghur and human rights groups and is calling for her office to release the long-delayed report. Beijing has lobbied hard behind the scenes and publicly to prevent his release. The report was published around midnight Geneva time, minutes before the end of Ms Bachelet’s term as high commissioner. In a departure, he did not mention China and warned that “polarization within and between states has reached extraordinary levels and multilateralism is under pressure.” Sophie Richardson, China director at Human Rights Watch, said “the UN’s damning findings explain why Beijing fought tooth and nail to prevent this report from being published.” “The UN Human Rights Council should use the report to launch a comprehensive investigation into the Chinese government’s crimes against humanity targeting Uyghurs and others – and hold those responsible accountable,” he added. In the report, the United Nations urged China to reverse its policies in Xinjiang and immediately investigate allegations of human rights violations, while also recommending that the international community “strengthen the protection and promotion of human rights in [Xinjiang] following these recommendations”. Beijing’s response to the UN findings was included in an annex published alongside Wednesday’s report, nearly three times as long, with much of it focusing on alleged terror attacks in China seen as justification for de-radicalisation programmes. In an introduction, China’s permanent mission to the UN in Geneva said it “strongly opposes the publication of the so-called ‘assessment of the human rights situation in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China’” by the [Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights].” He accused the UN of relying on “disinformation and lies manufactured by anti-China forces” and said the assessment “goes against the mandate of the OHCHR and ignores the human rights achievements made jointly by people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang and the catastrophic damage caused by terrorism and extremism”. 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