What next for China after UN’s damning Uighur report?

Outgoing human rights commissioner says researchers found ‘credible evidence’ of torture that may amount to ‘crimes against humanity’

Michelle Bachelet
Michelle Bachelet published her long-await report just minutes before the end of her term as UN human rights commissioner
(Image credit: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP)

The United Nations has accused China of “serious human rights violations” in a landmark report on allegations of abuse in Xinjiang province.

Researchers investigating claims of abuse against Uighur Muslims and other ethnic minorities have uncovered “credible evidence” of torture that may amount to “crimes against humanity”, according to the report by outgoing UN human rights commissioner Michelle Bachelet.

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 Sorcha Bradley is a writer at The Week and a regular on “The Week Unwrapped” podcast. She worked at The Week magazine for a year and a half before taking up her current role with the digital team, where she mostly covers UK current affairs and politics. Before joining The Week, Sorcha worked at slow-news start-up Tortoise Media. She has also written for Sky News, The Sunday Times, the London Evening Standard and Grazia magazine, among other publications. She has a master’s in newspaper journalism from City, University of London, where she specialised in political journalism.