ASPI documents that the Chinese Communist Party denies committing human rights abuses in Xinjiang and has mounted information campaigns to push back against accusations of forced labour, mass detention, and alleged genocide.
Evidence
#StopXinjiangRumors (Australian Strategic Policy Institute)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Human Rights Watch documented murder, rape, and torture in Chinese camps — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 162; A UN OHCHR report found credible allegations of torture, ill-treatment, sexual and gender-based violence in Xinjiang, concluding the extent of violations may constitute international crimes, in particular crimes against humanity. — China responsible for ‘serious human rights violations’ in Xinjiang province; Human Rights Watch documented crimes against humanity in Xinjiang camps including imprisonment, torture, murder, enforced disappearance, and alleged inhumane acts including forced labor and sexual violence. — “Break Their Lineage, Break Their Roots”: China’s Crimes against Humanity Targeting Uyghurs and Other Turkic Muslims (+2 more)
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- A UN OHCHR report found credible allegations of torture, ill-treatment, sexual and gender-based violence in Xinjiang, concluding the extent of violations may constitute international crimes, in… (similarity 0.86)
- The report concludes evidence likely meets the requirements for crimes against humanity including persecution, imprisonment, torture, and may substantiate murder, rape, and other inhumane acts. (similarity 0.85)
- China dismissed the U.N. assessment of ‘crimes against humanity’ as a ‘patchwork of false information’ and a political tool of Western nations. (similarity 0.83)
- Human Rights Watch documented crimes against humanity in Xinjiang camps including imprisonment, torture, murder, enforced disappearance, and alleged inhumane acts including forced labor and sexual… (similarity 0.83)
- OHCHR found allegations of torture and ill-treatment credible, as were allegations of individual incidents of sexual and gender-based violence, likely constituting crimes against humanity. (similarity 0.82)
- HRW’s report documents imprisonment, torture, murder, enforced disappearance, forced labor, and sexual violence against Turkic Muslims constituting crimes against humanity. (similarity 0.82)
- The 51-country joint statement condemned ‘serious violations of human rights’ and quoted the OHCHR assessment’s finding that the detention ‘may constitute international crimes, in particular… (similarity 0.81)
- HRW’s report documents that the Chinese government is committing crimes against humanity against Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims, including mass detention, torture, enforced disappearance, forced… (similarity 0.81)
- HRW presented new evidence of mass arbitrary detention, torture (beatings, hangings from ceilings, sleep deprivation, shackling), deaths in camps, and mistreatment of Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang. (similarity 0.81)
- Fifty-one UN member countries issued a joint declaration condemning China’s crimes against humanity against Uyghurs and other Turkic communities, citing the UN report. (similarity 0.79)
- HRW reported Uyghurs suffering systematic torture and cruel treatment including rape, sexual abuse and public humiliation, and cited at least 177 deaths in detention in Xinjiang. (similarity 0.79)