Uyghurs

In 2017 the Chinese government initiated a thorough crackdown on Uyghurs in Xinjiang. Citing a need for greater security, the Chinese government set up cameras, checkpoints, and constant police patrols in Uyghur-dominated areas. The most controversial governmental undertaking—which was met by protests from human rights organizations—was the indefinite detention of up to one million Uyghurs in “political training centers,” heavily fortified buildings that were likened to the reeducation camps of the Mao Zedong era. In August 2018 the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) called upon China to end the detention, but government officials denied the existence of the camps. In 2022 the OHCHR reiterated (重申) its position in a report that said that China’s detention of Uyghurs and other actions against Muslim-majority groups in Xinjiang may constitute crimes against humanity. China’s 131-page response to the OHCHR denied any human rights violations in the region.

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