“Allegations of repeated practices of torture or ill-treatment, especially forced medical treatment, as well as allegations of sexual and gender-based violence, appear credible,” the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said in its report.
The United Nations has called on the international community to take urgent action on allegations of torture and sexual violence in the Chinese autonomous region of Xinjiang.
In its report released this morning, the Agency describes the specific complaints as “reliable”.
“Allegations of repeated practices of torture or ill-treatment, especially forced medical treatment, as well as allegations of sexual and gender-based violence, appear credible,” the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said in its report.
At the same time, he points out that “the range of arbitrary and discriminatory detentions of members of the Uyghurs and other mainly Muslim minorities (…) may mean that international crimes, especially crimes against humanity, have been committed.”
Michelle Bachelet: Dialogue with China does not mean “turning a blind eye”
Michelle Bachelet, whose term as the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ended on Monday, has fended off criticism that she has been too condescending to Beijing on human rights, stressing that dialogue “does not mean closing the eyes”.
“Engaging in dialogue and trying to understand does not mean we show tolerance, look away or turn a blind eye. Even less that we cannot speak frankly,” said Ms. Bachelet, who kept in extremis her promise to make public by August 31 her agency’s report on allegations of human rights abuses in the Xinjiang autonomous region by the authorities. of China.
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