UN report declares human rights violations in China’s Xinjiang province

The report calls for “urgent attention” by the UN, the international community and China. [Forward to a friend]( | [Subscribe]( | [View in your browser]( [Top of The World]( --------------------------------------------------------------- What The World is following UN report declares human rights violations in China’s Xinjiang province [Police officers stand at the outer entrance of the Urumqi No. 3 Detention Center in Dabancheng in western China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, April 23, 2021.] Credit: Mark Schiefelbein/AP/File photo China A long-delayed report released on Wednesday by the UN human rights office in Geneva has declared that China has committed [serious human rights violations]( in Xinjiang province under its anti-terrorism and anti-extremism policies against Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities. It is calling for “urgent attention” by the UN, the international community and China. 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