GENEVA: Human Rights Watch expects the United Nations to follow up on a report which found that China's detention of Uyghurs and other Muslims may constitute crimes against humanity, its acting executive director said on Monday (Feb 13). Tirana Hassan of Human Rights Watch said that UN High Commissioner fo
GENEVA: Human Rights Watch expects the United Nations to follow up on a report which found that China's detention of Uyghurs and other Muslims may constitute crimes against humanity, its acting executive director said on Monday .
"We would like to see that he takes steps to actually follow through on that commitment," Hassan told reporters. A Western-led bid to hold a debate on China's treatment of Muslim populations at the UN Human Rights Council did not pass, however.
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