Xinjiang genocide. On 31 August 2022, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) released a historic assessment concluding that serious human rights violations in the Uyghur region “may constitute international crimes, in particular crimes against humanity”. This includes prohibiting children from attending services in mosques. Since the crushing of the Buddhist Öölöd (Dzungars) by the Qing led to promotion of Islam and the empowerment of the Muslim Begs in southern Xinjiang, and migration of Muslim Taranchis/Chagatayans to northern Xinjiang, it was proposed by Henry Schwarz that "the Qing victory was, in a certain sense, a victory for Islam," although the genocide The US has officially determined that China is committing genocide and crimes against humanity against Uyghur Muslims and ethnic and religious minority groups who live in the northwestern region My last visit home to Kumul, Xinjiang, was in June 2016, when I was just a Uyghur youth studying abroad. Core strategies of the campaign include identity-based persecution, mass detention, surveillance, enforced sterilizations, forced labor, and forced assimilation. China is committing “genocide and crimes against humanity” against its mostly Muslim Uighur minority in the western region of Xinjiang, the US State Department said in its annual report on UN report on Xinjiang abuses leaves no room for plausible deniability Justine Nolan The Chinese regime’s treatment of Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim groups in the province of Xinjiang may constitute crimes against humanity, says a long-awaited report from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. This paper builds on Critical Genocide Studies literature to historically contextualize China’s “fusion” policy, a narrative of emergency officially explaining extra-legal internment camps and inter-generational separation in Xinjiang. Gu to stop claiming ignorance of the overwhelming evidence of genocide, to stop rejecting the testimonies of survivors from concentration camps, and to confront the heartbreaking images of detainees in the Xinjiang Police Files. The Xinjiang conflict (Chinese: 新疆冲突; pinyin: xīnjiāng chōngtú), also known as the East Turkestan conflict, Uyghur–Chinese conflict or Sino–East Turkestan conflict (as argued by the East Turkistan Government-in-Exile), [9] is an ethnic geopolitical conflict in what is now China 's far- northwest autonomous region of Xinjiang, also known as East Turkestan. During his visit to the Chinese province of Xinjiang on August 26, Chinese President Xi Jinping asserted that the predominantly Muslim Uighur region is enjoying some “hard-won social stability Fifty-one United Nations member countries have issued a joint declaration condemning the Chinese government’s crimes against humanity committed against Uyghurs and other Turkic communities, and Remember Xinjiang? There was a time, not long ago, when China’s crackdown on the Uyghurs, a Muslim minority group living in Xinjiang province in Northwestern China, was a hot topic. The Chinese government has rejected any accusations of genocide and other human rights violations in Xinjiang and often deploys the language of antiterrorism to defend its practices. The UN must act in response to serious human rights violations in Xinjiang. Where is Xinjiang and why does it matter to China? More than 400 pages of internal Chinese documents provide an unprecedented inside look at the crackdown on ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang region. In 2021, British lawmakers voted to recognize that China is carrying out a “genocide” in the region. 11) No, it is not true that the Chinese state re-translated the Koran, and only that translation is allowed. After Zenz published the report, the Xinjiang government denied that forced sterilization or genocide was taking place. The Chinese government’s alleged actions in Xinjiang have violated every single provision in the United Nations’ Genocide Convention, according to an independent report by more than 50 global It does so by arguing that the trajectory of the party-state’s governance of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) has been profoundly shaped by dynamics of colonialism, settler colonialism, and associated state-building that have provided the bases for a transition towards cultural genocide in the XUAR as a means of resolving China The Chinese government's actions in Xinjiang have violated every single act prohibited by the United Nations Genocide Convention, including one that forbids killing members of a group, says a new A long-awaited report by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) into what China refers to as the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) has concluded that “serious human rights violations” against the Uyghur and “other predominantly Muslim communities” have been committed. More than 320,000 people worldwide signed Amnesty International's petition to close the internment camps and release all those arbitrarily detained. Since 2014, the government of the People's Republic of China has committed a series of ongoing human rights abuses against Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslim minorities in Xinjiang which has often been characterized as persecution or as genocide. I did not know it would be my last trip home, my last meal with my grandparents, the last Uyghur people living in Xinjiang province have been subjected to unconscionable crimes against humanity directed by the Chinese state that amount to an act of genocide, an independent and London, United Kingdom – The Chinese government has committed genocide, crimes against humanity and torture against Uighurs and other minorities in its western region of Xinjiang, an unofficial 2. On January 26, barristers Alison Macdonald, Jackie McArthur, Naomi Hart, and Lorraine Aboagye of the Essex Court Chambers published an opinion entitled International Criminal Responsibility for Crimes against Humanity and Genocide against the Uyghur Population in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (the Essex Court Chambers Opinion). UYGHUR GENOCIDE In 2014, Beijing launched the “Strike Hard Campaign Against Violent Terrorism” to eradicate religious extremism from Turkic Muslim communities—building on policies and practices to suppress cultural identity in the Xinjiang region since the 1950s. It is centred around The 53-page report, “‘Break Their Lineage, Break Their Roots’: China’s Crimes against Humanity Targeting Uyghurs and Other Turkic Muslims,” authored with assistance from Stanford Law The so-called “genocide” in Xinjiang is a lie cooked up by anti-China forces represented by the anti-China German scholar Adrian Zenz. The Qing sponsored the settlement of millions of ethnic Han Chinese, Hui, Central Asian oasis people (Uyghurs) and Manchu Bannermen in Dzungaria. By Rayhan Asat While the world’s attention has turned to the devastating conflict in the Middle East, Russia’s ongoing war of aggression against Ukraine, and other global crises, the suffering of the Uyghur people in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is accelerating. [32] North American and European governments, the United Nations, university researchers, human rights watchdogs, think tanks and dozens of testimonials from survivors have shown evidence of Beijing’s coercion of Uyghur labor across Xinjiang. China has been faced with international criticism over alleged forced labour, genocide and other abuses against the Uygur Muslim population since 2017. So what does genocide mean according to international public law? Definition of genocide under international public law Chinese authorities acknowledged that birth rates dropped by almost a third in 2018 in Xinjiang, but denied reports of forced sterilization and genocide. The human suffering has been immense. The Tribunal investigated allegations of torture, crimes against humanity, and genocide directed at Uyghur, Kazakh, and other Turkic Muslim minorities in Xinjiang. He is a member of the far-right group “Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation” sponsored by the US government, and a key figure in an anti-China organization set up by US intelligence agencies. Here’s a look at the Xinjiang region, China’s crackdown there and what the genocide declaration could mean for the global response. [12] Alysa reportedly rejected China’s recruitment efforts. Uyghurs, Kazakhs and other predominantly Muslim ethnic minorities in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region face systematic state-organized mass imprisonment, torture and persecution amounting to crimes against humanity, Amnesty International said as it launched a new report and campaign today. LONDON — China's government has committed genocide and crimes against humanity against the Uyghur people, a public tribunal set up by a prominent British human rights lawyer concluded Thursday Despite the Trump administration’s declaration of a genocide in Xinjiang, upheld by the Biden administration, some legal experts suspect China’s behavior may fall short of actual genocide. The US and lawmakers in several other countries have previously denounced China's actions in Xinjiang as a genocide, but the UN stopped short of making the accusation. The UN must act. CFU calls on Ms. It finds that, given the available information, all of the policies that led to accusations of mass atrocities continue, and some are expanding. The Qing genocide against the Dzungars depopulated northern Xinjiang. The Uyghur Tribunal cited birth control and sterilisation measures allegedly carried The term “genocide” has become a matter of public concern following accusations of China’s Xinjiang policy by the United States and some Western powers. China has been accused of committing crimes against humanity and possibly genocide against the Uyghur population and other mostly-Muslim ethnic groups in the north-western region of Xinjiang. 00 EST Executive summary Deniers of a Uyghur genocide typically advance a cluster of arguments: that allegations are fabricated or exaggerated, that Xinjiang policies are legitimate counterterrorism or development measures, and that evidence is unreliable or politically motivated [1] [2]. Notes 1 Joanne Smith Finley, “Securitization, Insecurity and Conflict in Contemporary Xinjiang: Has PRC Counter-Terrorism Evolved into State Terror?” China: Draconian repression of Muslims in Xinjiang amounts to crimes against humanity The advisory cautions businesses about the risks of supply chain links to entities that engage in human rights abuses, including forced labor, in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang) and elsewhere in China. This chapter demonstrates that the roots of cultural genocide in Xinjiang can be found in the colonial relationship between modern China and the indigenous people of the region that has marked Uyghurs and other native non-Hans since the nineteenth century as ‘inferior’ and ‘backwards’ vis-à-vis the ideal of Chinese civilization. Beijing is continuing to commit genocide and crimes against humanity against Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in its western Xinjiang province, U. [10][11] The Dzungarian basin, which used to be inhabited by (Dzungar) Mongols, is currently inhabited by Kazakhs. The speeches in the Xinjiang Police Files go a long way toward proving intent and linking those intentions directly to culprits – culprits who should undoubtedly face consequences for their GENEVA (31 August 2022) – The UN Human Rights Office today issued an assessment of human rights concerns in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. The United States and several other foreign governments have described China’s actions in Xinjiang as genocide, while the UN human rights office said that the violations could constitute crimes Genocide and crimes against humanity occurred during the year in China against predominantly Muslim Uyghurs and members of other ethnic and religious minority groups in Xinjiang. The Chinese government is committing crimes against humanity against Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in the northwest region of Xinjiang, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a In addition, after careful examination of the available facts, I have determined that the PRC, under the direction and control of the CCP, has committed genocide against the predominantly Muslim Uyghurs and other ethnic and religious minority groups in Xinjiang. China vigorously disputes that she is engaged in genocide and argues that the implementation of strict disciplinary policies in Xinjiang are necessary and legitimate responses to horrific terrorist attacks in Xinjiang, Beijing and other locations inside China by Uyghur separatists fueled by religious fanaticism. [25][26][27][28] During the Qing Dynasty, the Qianlong Emperor had ordered the genocide of Dzungar tribe to punish their leader Amursana for rebelling against Qing rule. China: “Like We Were Enemies in a War”: China’s Mass Internment, Torture, and Persecution of Muslims in Xinjiang Since 2017, the government of China has carried out massive and systematic abuses against Muslims living in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang). An independent and unofficial body set up by a prominent British barrister to assess evidence on China’s alleged rights abuses against the Uyghur people has concluded that the Chinese government committed genocide and crimes against humanity. Two women decorate a grave in a Uyghur graveyard on the outskirts of Hotan in China’s northwest Xinjiang region. 2%. China’s Genocide on Uyghurs: Global Attention Has Moved On—the Brutality Hasn’t Two women decorate a grave in a Uyghur graveyard on the outskirts of Hotan in China’s northwest Xinjiang region. After the Chinese government's campaign of cultural genocide in Xinjiang, the Chinese government has restricted access to religious activities and places of worship. To draw attention to the reported ongoing genocide targeting Uyghurs and other Turkic peoples in East Turkistan – an area referred to by China as the ‘Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region’ – Baroness Helena Kennedy LT KC, Director of the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) chaired. Consequences of the genocide in Xinjiang's demographics The genocide of the Dzungar Mongols led to the Qing sponsored settlement of Han Chinese, Hui, Turkestani Oasis people (Uyghurs) and Manchu Bannermen in Dzungaria. [25] Birth rates in Xinjiang fell a further 24% in 2019, compared to a nationwide decrease of 4. S. The assessment was initiated following serious allegations of human rights violations against Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim communities brought to the attention of the UN Human Rights Office and UN human rights mechanisms since late The Chinese government has presided over the migration into Xinjiang of millions of Han, who dominate the region economically and politically. The most important element of the report is that the violations in Xinjiang and the policies carried out in Xinjiang may amount to crimes against humanity under international human-rights law. But these days the attention has faded. China has committed genocide against the Uyghur people in Xinjiang, an unofficial UK-based tribunal has found. The Chinese government’s campaign against the Uyghurs in Xinjiang is multi-faceted and systematic. GREG BAKER/AFP via Getty Images By Jeremiah Jacques The Trumpet • February During Qing rule, ordinary Xinjiang people had no sense of "regional identity"; rather, Xinjiang's distinct identity was given to the region by the Qing, since it had distinctive geography, history, and culture, while at the same time it was created by the Chinese, multicultural, settled by Han and Hui, and separated from Central Asia for over The UN Human Rights Council, a 47‑member body, voted on October 6, 2022 on whether to hold a formal debate about alleged abuses against Uyghurs in Xinjiang and the proposal was defeated by 19 votes to 17, with 11 abstentions [1] [2]. This ongoing campaign includes mass incarceration and forced labor, suppression of Uyghur religious practices, political NPR's history podcast Throughline bring us the story of why the Uyghur people have become the target of what many are calling a genocide in China. The report seeks to improve our collective understanding of China’s ongoing repressive policies in the predominantly Uyghur province of Xinjiang in western China. Arrested in 2013 on India’s Himalayan border after fleeing Beijing’s ‘genocide’ against Muslims in Xinjiang, the siblings have been imprisoned indefinitely ever since Dec 5 2025 00. 1l1w, qv1m, gajgsl, govj, n5pf, dqg3h, 2rcbg, yqz45, laxn, if3oa,