UN and Human Rights Watch document grave abuses in Xinjiang during Xi's tenure
Reporting and findings
- reported
OHCHR found serious human-rights violations in Xinjiang and said the extent of arbitrary and discriminatory detention may constitute crimes against humanity; Human Rights Watch separately reached a crimes-against-humanity assessment, while neither cited source is an individual criminal judgment against Xi Jinping.
- Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: OHCHR Assessment of human rights concerns in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People's Republic of ChinaOHCHR conclusions and HRW legal assessment
- Human Rights Watch: Break Their Lineage, Break Their Roots: China's Crimes against Humanity Targeting Uyghurs and Other Turkic MuslimsOHCHR conclusions and HRW legal assessment
Summary and current status
OHCHR found serious human-rights violations in Xinjiang and said arbitrary and discriminatory detention may constitute crimes against humanity; Human Rights Watch separately assessed crimes against humanity.
OHCHR assessment issued August 31, 2022
People and organizations
- Xi JinpingChinese head of state during the assessed period
- OHCHR Xinjiang human-rights assessmenthuman-rights assessment
Relationships in this file
- Xi Jinpinghead of state during documented Xinjiang abusesOHCHR Xinjiang human-rights assessment