The recent United Nations report on China detailing rights abuses in Xinjiang is likely to strain ties between China and the West, according to analysts.
'Our understanding is that the report is about the serious maltreatment of minorities in Xinjiang. But this is a UNHRC report, so for the moment, let the UN comment on it,' MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said.
A number of governments, including the U.S., have described China's treatment of Uyghurs as genocide and crimes against humanity, but no official court in any country has ever assessed evidence of China's alleged rights abuses against the Uyghurs. In addition, Chinese officials have vehemently denied allegations of genocide as "lies" concocted by U.S.-led anti-China forces.…
Rights groups, citing principle of universal jurisdiction in Argentinian constitution, allege Uyghurs and another Turkic Muslim population have been subjected to crimes against humanity in China's Xinjiang