Explained: What does the U.N. report say about China’s repression of Uyghurs in Xinjiang?
The story so far: China has vehemently rejected a report released by the United Nations Human Rights Office on “serious human rights violations” in the northwestern Xinjiang region. Charges of torture of Uyghurs and other mainly Muslim ethnic groups in the region may constitute possible “crimes against humanity”, concludes the long-pending assessment report, released on the final day of the four-year term of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet. Arbitrary detention and violation of rights and law The U.N. Human Rights Office concludes in its report that China committed “serious human rights violations” in the Xinjiang region under its anti-terrorism and anti-extremism strategies. It seriously violates the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, and undermines the credibility and impartiality of the OHCHR,” Labelling the assessment as a “farce plotted by some Western countries and anti-China forces”, China said, “It is completely a politicised document that disregards facts, and reveals explicitly the attempt of some Western countries and anti-China forces to use human rights as a political tool.” China also maintained that Xinjiang enjoys social stability, economic development and religious harmony.
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