Rights groups call for inquiries into Uyghur abuses in China after damning UN report

Members of the Uyghur community hold pictures of their relatives detained in China, during a press conference in Istanbul, Turkey. Photograph: Ozan Köse/AFP/Getty Images

Governments around the world should establish formal independent investigations into human rights abuses in Xinjiang, victims and human rights groups have said, after the 11th-hour release of a long-awaited UN report.

The report by the UN office of the high commissioner for human rights (OHCHR) was published minutes before Michelle Bachelet ended her tenure.