China accused of committing human rights violations

The head of American diplomacy – Antony Blinken – welcomed, this Thursday (1), the United Nations (UN) report, which highlights human rights abuses in the Chinese autonomous region of Xinjiang, and demanded that Beijing be held accountable for the “genocide ”.

“This report reinforces and reaffirms our grave concern about the genocide and crimes against humanity that government authorities in the People's Republic of China are committing against the Uyghurs,” Blinken said in a statement.

The report

The UN has released a long-awaited report on human rights abuses in China's Xinjiang region, warning of possible "crimes against humanity" against the Uyghurs.

Os Uighurs They form a majority Muslim ethnic group and, in China, they are a cultural, linguistic and religious minority. They have more affinities with people from Central Asian countries than with the Chinese from the interior and east coast of the country, who are of the Hen ethnic group.system. (G1)

In the conclusion of the report, it is stated that the violations were committed by the government, under the justification of putting counterterrorism and counter-extremism measures into practice.

The document was published on Wednesday (31) by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), following the visit carried out in May by High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet. (UN News)

The Chinese embassy in Geneva responded with a lengthy response to the report. The country accused the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) of acting as a “thug and accomplice” of the United States, while also stating that the report on the violation of the rights of Uyghurs in the Xinjiang region is a “political tool”.

Among the serious violations listed in the report are: arbitrary mass arrests; torture and rape; forced sterilizations and abortions; suppression of religious freedom; and forced labor.

Curto curation:

• UN report accuses China of violating human rights of Muslim minority in Xinjiang (BBC News)
• UN sees possible crime against humanity in China's actions with Uyghurs (FSP)🚥
• China is bothered by the UN report on Uyghurs and calls it a 'fabricated lie' (UOL)

(With AFP)

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