'Genocide and crimes against humanity' against predominantly Muslim Uyghurs in Xinjiang are ongoing, the U.S. State Department said.
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and other minorities in the Xinjiang region have been swept up in a yearslong crackdown China says is aimed at counterterrorism and deradicalization. Rights groups argue Beijing's systematic mistreatment of ethnic minorities throughout the country targets cultural and religious erasure.last year included"the arbitrary imprisonment or other severe deprivation of physical liberty of more than 1 million civilians," said the report published Monday by the U.S.
of the country's birth control policies," the report said, as well as"rape and other forms of sexual and gender-based violence." This photo taken on May 31, 2019, shows the outer wall of a complex that includes what is believed to be a reeducation camp where mostly Muslim ethnic minorities are detained, on the outskirts of Hotan, in China's northwestern Xinjiang region. Rights violations in Xinjiang last year included"the arbitrary imprisonment or other severe deprivation of physical liberty of more than 1 million civilians," according to the U.S. State Department.
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