UN Report Accuses China of ‘Serious’ Rights Abuses in Xinjiang
- Beijing tried to block assessment by rights chief Bachelet
- Bachelet report cites possibility of crimes against humanity
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China committed “serious human rights abuses” -- and potentially crimes against humanity -- in Xinjiang, a top UN official said, bolstering international efforts to pressure Beijing to change its policies toward the region’s Muslim minority.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet delivered her long-awaited report Wednesday, just hours before her tenure expired, after months of delays. The assessment found “patterns of torture or other forms of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment” as part of a campaign that China has defended as an effort to fight extremism.