US disappointed in China’s actions in Xinjiang two years after UN human rights report
State Department laments Beijing’s treatment of ‘Uygurs and other predominantly Muslim minorities’ on second anniversary of damning findings
The 2022 report by the UN high commissioner for human rights concluded that “serious human rights violations” had been committed in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.
The State Department on Friday added it was also disappointed that Beijing continued to reject the commission’s findings and refused to implement its recommendations, including curtailing actions “taken against Uygurs and other predominantly Muslim minorities in Xinjiang and abroad”.
In the UN report two years ago – its most recent involving Xinjiang – the commission found that China’s actions “may constitute international crimes, particularly crimes against humanity”, the State Department noted.
“We again urge [Beijing] to take immediate action to end these ongoing atrocities,” the department said in a statement. “We will continue to work closely with partners across the international community to seek justice for the many victims.”
Washington added it would persist in efforts to hold accountable “individuals and entities perpetrating human-rights violations and abuses” without elaborating.
