China commit ‘genocide’ against Uighurs: State Department report

US State Department report says ‘genocide and crimes against humanity’ committed against Uighurs and others in Xinjiang.

China is committing “genocide and crimes against humanity” against its Muslim Uighur minority in the western province of Xinjiang, the US State Department said in an annual report on human rights globally. Released on Tuesday, the report found that “genocide and crimes against humanity occurred during the year against the predominantly Muslim Uyghurs and other ethnic and religious minority groups in Xinjiang”. It said the alleged crimes included the arbitrary imprisonment of more than one million civilians, forced sterilisation, rape, torture, forced labour and “draconian restrictions” on freedom of religion, freedom of expression and freedom of movement.