The United Nations (UN) has released a damning report concerning the persecution of Uyghur Muslims in China’s Xinjiang Province. The report suggests that the Chinese government’s actions constitute crimes against humanity. From Democracy Digest:

China has committed “serious human rights violations” against Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang province which may amount to crimes against humanity, the outgoing UN human rights commissioner has said in a long-awaited and damning assessment, The Guardian reports.

Omer Kanat, the executive director of the Uyghur Human Rights Project said it was “a game-changer for the international response to the Uyghur crisis.”

“Despite the Chinese government’s strenuous denials, the UN has now officially recognized that horrific crimes are occurring,” he added.

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