Arbitrarily detained in prison camps, subject to forced sterilisation, coerced labour and electronic surveillance, the Uighurs of western China have been subject to appalling human rights abuses that may constitute crimes against humanity. This is the verdict of a long-delayed United Nations report into China’s treatment of its Muslim minority. Its publication has vindicated the claims of countless reports over the years of the Uighurs’ suffering. It exposes China’s long and mendacious campaign to cover up these abuses. It demands, at the least, global condemnation and China being indicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC).
The UN confirms what has long been known from reports clandestinely gathered by Uighurs that detail the sufferings of their countrymen. Satellite observations show a vast system of detention camps,
