GENEVA — China's 'arbitrary and discriminatory detention' of Uyghurs and other Muslims in the country's Xinjiang region may constitute crimes against humanity, the outgoing United Nations (UN) human rights chief said in a long-awaited report on Wednesday (Aug 31).
GENEVA — China's"arbitrary and discriminatory detention" of Uyghurs and other Muslims in the country's Xinjiang region may constitute crimes against humanity, the outgoing United Nations human rights chief said in a long-awaited report on Wednesday .
"The extent of arbitrary and discriminatory detention of members of Uyghur and other predominantly Muslim groups ... may constitute international crimes, in particular crimes against humanity," the UN report said. It added that a lack of government data"makes it difficult to draw conclusions on the full extent of current enforcement of these policies and associated violations of reproductive rights."
"We do not think it will produce any good to anyone, it simply undermines the cooperation between the United Nations and a member state," he said.