{"id":27505,"date":"2025-08-28T18:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T10:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amnestyhk.org\/en-us\/?p=27505"},"modified":"2025-09-22T18:02:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T10:02:33","slug":"%e4%b8%ad%e5%9c%8b%ef%bd%9c%e8%81%af%e5%90%88%e5%9c%8b%e4%b8%bb%e8%a6%81%e5%a0%b1%e5%91%8a%e7%99%bc%e4%bd%88%e4%b8%89%e5%b9%b4%e5%be%8c%ef%bc%8c%e5%9c%a8%e6%96%b0%e7%96%86%e7%8a%af%e4%b8%8b%e7%9a%84","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amnestyhk.org\/en-us\/%e4%b8%ad%e5%9c%8b%ef%bd%9c%e8%81%af%e5%90%88%e5%9c%8b%e4%b8%bb%e8%a6%81%e5%a0%b1%e5%91%8a%e7%99%bc%e4%bd%88%e4%b8%89%e5%b9%b4%e5%be%8c%ef%bc%8c%e5%9c%a8%e6%96%b0%e7%96%86%e7%8a%af%e4%b8%8b%e7%9a%84\/","title":{"rendered":"China: Still no accountability for crimes against humanity in Xinjiang, three years after major UN report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Recommendations from United Nations report ignored by China<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>New testimony reveals Muslim ethnic minorities in Xinjiang still suffering repression\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>\u201cFamilies of detainees continue to seek truth, justice and freedom for all those suffering in the Uyghur region\u201d \u2013 Sarah Brooks<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Families of detainees in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region have told Amnesty International of their continued suffering, three years after a major UN report said China was responsible for \u201cserious human rights violations\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On 31 August 2022, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) released a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2022\/08\/1125932\">historic assessment<\/a>&nbsp;concluding that serious human rights violations in the Uyghur region \u201cmay constitute international crimes, in particular crimes against humanity\u201d. In a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/news\/2021\/06\/china-draconian-repression-of-muslims-in-xinjiang-amounts-to-crimes-against-humanity\/\">major report published in 2021<\/a>, Amnesty International also found that China\u2019s treatment of Muslim ethnic minorities in the Uyghur region amounted to crimes against humanity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the international community and the UN has yet to act on these findings. The Chinese government also continues to intimidate and silence victims\u2019 families, and maintain repressive laws and policies in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"blockquote is-lined\"><p>Lives have been ruined, families separated and communities dismantled by the Chinese authorities\u2019 continuing cruelty<\/p>\n<cite>Sarah Brooks, Amnesty International\u2019s China Director<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n<p>\u201cThree years after the UN report concluded that China was responsible for grave human rights violations in Xinjiang, it is shameful that the international community has failed to act,\u201d said Sarah Brooks, Amnesty International\u2019s China Director.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLives have been ruined, families separated and communities dismantled by the Chinese authorities\u2019 continuing cruelty. Today, families of detainees continue to seek truth, justice and freedom for all those suffering in the Uyghur region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAnother year of inaction has passed. The international community must honour the calls of survivors and act now to end repression in the Uyghur region.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amnesty International has long documented the crushing repression faced by Uyghurs, Kazakhs and other predominantly Muslim ethnic minorities in the Uyghur region. In 2021, Amnesty International\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/news\/2021\/10\/china-un-must-act-on-xinjiang-atrocities-after-petition-shows-mass-global-outrage\/\">global petition<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 signed by more than 323,000 people across 184 countries and territories \u2013 called for the release of the hundreds of thousands of Muslim minority men and women arbitrarily detained and subjected to mass internment, torture and persecution in the Uyghur region, and accountability for the abuses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-every-day-without-action-means-more-families-are-torn-apart\"><strong>\u201cEvery day without action means more families are torn apart\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>From January to August 2025, Amnesty International contacted families and sources for 126 individuals featured in the organization\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/xinjiang.amnesty.org\/#cases\">#FreeXinjiangDetainees<\/a>&nbsp;campaign. Amnesty International received a range of responses which illustrate the ongoing violations and the continuing impact on family lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Patime*, who had a relative die in detention while another remains detained, said the hope that action would follow publication of the UN report has now disappeared: \u201cThe global attention that peaked around the report has faded, and China has faced little meaningful consequence. For Uyghurs, every day without action means more families are torn apart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI hoped the report would lead to real, concrete action \u2013 sanctions, political pressure and accountability for those committing these crimes. I thought that once the UN formally acknowledged the atrocities, governments would be compelled to act more decisively\u2026 Don\u2019t let this become another forgotten report on a shelf.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regarding their relative still in prison, Patime added: \u201cWe have been completely cut off from him since June 2018. Not a single call, letter or message\u2026 This silence is not just painful; it has taken a heavy toll on our physical and mental health. Living with this uncertainty is its own form of torture.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mamatjan Juma, whose brother&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/xinjiang.amnesty.org\/#case-SR029\">Ahmetjan<\/a>&nbsp;is still in prison, said the lack of updates makes everyday life difficult: \u201cIt feels like living with a wound that never heals, because I don\u2019t know if he\u2019s safe, if he\u2019s healthy, or even if he\u2019s alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve lost birthdays, weddings, countless moments together. His son has grown up without his father\u2019s presence, and we\u2019ve all been forced to live with a constant absence that reshapes who we are.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many family members called on the international community to act on the UN report\u2019s recommendations, and increase pressure on China to free all those still arbitrarily detained in the Uyghur region. Nefise O\u011fuz, whose uncle&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/xinjiang.amnesty.org\/#case-SR087\">Alim<\/a>&nbsp;remains in prison, said: \u201cEvery day of delay is another day of suffering for innocent people\u2026 I want real, concrete action from the international community, not just words.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Medine Nazimi, whose sister&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/xinjiang.amnesty.org\/#case-SR111\">Mevl\u00fcde<\/a>&nbsp;remains deprived of her liberty, told of her frustration at the lack of progress in the last three years. She told Amnesty International: \u201cThe international community \u2013 including governments, civil society and ordinary citizens \u2013 must stop treating China\u2019s crimes as just an internal issue. What is happening to Uyghurs is not a domestic matter, it is a human rights crisis and a crime against humanity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur goal is for the people who are suffering in China\u2019s internment camps and prisons \u2013 those being tortured, deprived of their freedom \u2013 to see the light of day, reunite with their families, and escape those four walls as soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-recommendations\"><strong>Recommendations<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Amnesty International calls on the High Commissioner to provide a public update on the report, and once again urges UN member states to condemn China\u2019s serious human rights violations in the Uyghur region and to reiterate the critical importance of establishing an independent, international investigative mechanism to ensure accountability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Member states must also support effective access to justice and remedies, including reparations for victims and survivors, in particular those within their jurisdictions, and take appropriate measures to prevent further violations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Note to Editors:&nbsp;<\/strong>*Names have been changed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Families of detainees in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region have told Amnesty International of their continued suffering, three years after a major UN report said China was responsible for \u201cserious human rights violations\u201d. 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