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The UN found China may have committed ‘crimes against humanity’ in Xinjiang

Legal experts say China's alleged abuses of Uyghurs in Xinjiang detailed in a new UN report are among the most serious human rights violations that exist, as the community in Australia calls for "tangible action".

The 48-page report says ‘serious human rights violations’ have been committed against Uighurs

China may have committed crimes against humanity in their treatment of Uyghurs in its Xinjiang region, the UN human rights chief said, with a long awaited report published

Sadam Abdusalam never gave up the struggle to get his wife and son out of China and is telling their story in a book.

China firmly opposes the release by the United Nations Human Rights Office of its "so-called Xinjiang-related assessment", said China's Permanent Mission to the United Nations Office in Geneva on Thursday.

Long-delayed report from UN rights office says abuses against mostly Muslim Uighurs stem from ‘anti-terrorism laws’.

The United Nations human rights chief has released a long-delayed report, concluding that "serious" human rights violations have been committed against Uyghurs and other minorities in the region.

The long-awaited report from the UN's human rights office calls for an urgent international response over allegations of torture and other rights violations in Beijing's campaign to root out terrorism.

The Chinese government's actions "may constitute international crimes, in particular crimes against humanity," the report notes.

The UN accused China of serious human rights violations that may amount to “crimes against humanity” in a long-delayed report examining a crackdown on Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim ethnic groups. Beijing on Thursday denounced the assessment as a fabrication cooked up by Western nations.