UN report accuses China of serious human rights violations in Xinjiang

China has committed “serious human rights violations” which many represent “crimes against humanity”, on Muslim minorities in remote Xinjiang, the outgoing UN human rights commissioner, Michelle Bachelet, has said in a long-awaited report, dramatically released before her ultimate day in office ended on August 31.

These violations – such as rape, pressured sterilisations and disappearances — had been committed by means of China in the context of the government’s software of counter-terrorism and counter-extremism strategies, the 48-page record said.