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United Nations condemns treatment of ethnic minorities in China

China UN Xinjiang Survivors

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. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File) Source: AP / Mark Schiefelbein/AP

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 Community Party is complicit in torture and possible crimes against humanity, at so-called re-education.



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