BREAKING: Report finds crimes against humanity in Xinjiang.
A new report from @hrw finds the Chinese government has committed — and continues to commit — Crimes Against Humanity against Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslim groups.
Key findings below [THREAD]
hrw.org/report/2021/04…
A new report from @hrw finds the Chinese government has committed — and continues to commit — Crimes Against Humanity against Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslim groups.
Key findings below [THREAD]
hrw.org/report/2021/04…
[1] Enslavement
The forced labour of Turkic Muslims arbitrarily detained in political education facilities, as well as the automatic, involuntary transfer of “graduated” detainees to adjacent factories, amounts to the crime of enslavement.
The forced labour of Turkic Muslims arbitrarily detained in political education facilities, as well as the automatic, involuntary transfer of “graduated” detainees to adjacent factories, amounts to the crime of enslavement.
[2] Imprisonment and Other Severe Deprivation of Physical Liberty
Chinese authorities have arbitrarily imprisoned up to one million Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang in political education camps. Others are being held arbitrarily in detention facilities and prisons.
Chinese authorities have arbitrarily imprisoned up to one million Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang in political education camps. Others are being held arbitrarily in detention facilities and prisons.
[3] Torture
Acts of torture include interrogation in “tiger chairs” using electroshock and other violent means of interrogation, and beatings, prolonged solitary confinement, sexual violence, and deprivation of food or water that are arbitrarily inflicted on detainees.
Acts of torture include interrogation in “tiger chairs” using electroshock and other violent means of interrogation, and beatings, prolonged solitary confinement, sexual violence, and deprivation of food or water that are arbitrarily inflicted on detainees.
[4] Persecution
"The Chinese government’s targeting of and the repressive measures used against the Turkic Muslim ethnic group meet the requirements for the crime against humanity of persecution."
The report notes that 2/3 of Xinjiang's Mosques have been destroyed since 2017.
"The Chinese government’s targeting of and the repressive measures used against the Turkic Muslim ethnic group meet the requirements for the crime against humanity of persecution."
The report notes that 2/3 of Xinjiang's Mosques have been destroyed since 2017.
[5] Enforced disappearance
"The Chinese authorities in Xinjiang have routinely taken people into custody, including those sent to “political education” camps as well as other detention facilities without immediately notifying family members of this."
"The Chinese authorities in Xinjiang have routinely taken people into custody, including those sent to “political education” camps as well as other detention facilities without immediately notifying family members of this."
[6] Rape, Enforced Sterilization, and Other Forms of Sexual Violence
"Allegations of sexual violence in detention, including rape, would be crimes against humanity if committed with knowledge of an attack on the civilian population."
"Allegations of sexual violence in detention, including rape, would be crimes against humanity if committed with knowledge of an attack on the civilian population."
[7] Deportation and Forcible Transfer of Population
"Turkic Muslims in China and abroad have been “deported or forcibly transferred, without grounds permitted under international law … to another location, by expulsion or other coercive acts.”
"Turkic Muslims in China and abroad have been “deported or forcibly transferred, without grounds permitted under international law … to another location, by expulsion or other coercive acts.”
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