United Nations condemns treatment of ethnic minorities in China

Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities have largely praised a United Nations report, condemning the treatment of minorities in China. The long-awaited report suggests the Chinese Communist Party is complicit in torture and possible crimes against humanity, at so-called re-education camps.

FILE - Police officers stand at the outer entrance of the Urumqi No. 3 Detention Center in Dabancheng in western China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region on April 23, 2021. Source: AP / Mark Schiefelbein/AP

The United Nations found Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities were tortured, steralised and deprived of their liberty, in camps the Chinese government claimed were for education and de-redicalisation.

This is not, by far, the first time the actions of the Chinese government in Xinjiang has been criticised.

But, it's a first from the independent United Nation Human Rights Office.

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