The UN Human Rights Council must end its years of inaction and establish an independent international mechanism to investigate crimes under international law in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Amnesty International said today. The Council session, which began on 12 September, is the first since the UN High Commissioner’s recent report on government atrocities in …
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China: UN human rights chief must seize critical opportunity to address crimes against humanity in Xinjiang
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights must address crimes against humanity and gross human rights violations when her team visits China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region this week, Amnesty International said today as the UN’s long-awaited trip got under way. A team led by High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet will spend six days in China including Xinjiang, …
“Forgive my children for not fasting” – Ramadan in Xinjiang
Ramadan is here. Across the world, Muslims will begin fasting during daylight hours as part of this month-long observance. But in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), Chinese authorities see fasting as a “sign of extremism”. Open or even private displays of religious affiliation – including growing an “abnormal” beard, wearing a veil or headscarf, …
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China: Families of up to one million detained in mass ‘re-education’ drive demand answers
An estimated up to one million predominantly Muslim people are held in internment camps in Xinjiang in northwest China Families tell Amnesty of their desperation for news on missing loved ones China must end its campaign of systematic repression and shed light on the fate of up to one million predominantly Muslim people arbitrarily detained …