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Tim Hanlon

China's treatment of Uyghurs in Xinjiang may be crimes against humanity, says UN

China's treatment of Uyghurs and other Muslims in its Xinjiang region may constitute crimes against humanity, the UN human rights chief said.

Michelle Bachelet, the outgoing UN High Commissioner for Human Rights spoke out against human rights including "arbitrary and discriminatory detention" in a long-awaited report on Wednesday, shortly before her four-year term ended.

The UN Human Rights Office said in the 48-page report that "serious human rights violations have been committed" in Xinjiang "in the context of the government's application of counter-terrorism and counter-'extremism' strategies".

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