China Might Have Violated Human Rights in Uyghur Muslim Territory

The UN human rights chief has expressed concern over the conditions of Uyghur Muslims in China's Xinjiang region. Michelle Bachelet emphasized that China's approach to the Uyghurs is "arbitrary and discriminatory." In a long-awaited report released on Wednesday, the departing UN human rights commissioner suggested that China's "arbitrary and discriminatory incarceration" of Uighurs and other Muslims in the country's Xinjiang region may constitute crimes against humanity. In a long-awaited report released on Wednesday, the departing UN human rights commissioner suggested that China's "arbitrary and discriminatory incarceration" of Uighurs and other Muslims in the country's Xinjiang region may constitute crimes against humanity. Just before her four-year term as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights came to an end on Wednesday, Michelle Bachelet, who has come under fire from certain diplomats and rights organizations for being too lenient toward China, released the report. May saw her visit China. Against the backdrop of the government's use of counterterrorism and "extremism" methods, the long study claimed that "severe human rights violations have been committed" in Xinjiang. The UN study stated that the extent of the Uyghurs' and other predominantly Muslim communities' arbitrary and discriminatory detention "
may constitute international crimes, including crimes against humanity."
It recommended that the Chinese government take urgent steps to release all those held in training centers, prisons, or detention facilities. According to the report, "since 2017, there are credible signs of abuses of reproductive rights through the forced execution of family planning programs." He stated, "Due to the lack of government data, it is impossible to draw conclusions regarding the full scope of the current implementation of these rules and related abuses of reproductive rights."
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