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Rome Newsroom, Sep 15, 2023 / 18:50 pm (CNA).
A Catholic priest in China was convicted of “fraud” and “impersonating religious pers.
Chinese flags on barbed wired wall in Kashgar (Kashi), Xinjiang, China. Credit: Jonathan Densford/ShutterstockDenver Newsroom, Sep 1, 2022 / 16:01 pm (CNA).A highly anticipated report from the United Nations chronicles China s mistreatment of the Uyghur ethnic group, a Muslim minority in the far western region of Xinjiang that according to the United States is suffering genocide. The report includes testimony from 40 people who say they were subjected to arbitrary detention as well as various forms of torture and humiliation, including sexual mistreatment. "Serious human rights violations have been committed in XUAR in the context of the Government s application of counter-terrorism and counter- extremism strategies," outgoing U.N. Human Rights commissioner Michelle Bachelet wrote. "The implementation of these strategies, and associated policies in XUAR has led to interlocking patterns of severe and undue restrictions on a wide range of human rights. Thes