Uyghur Muslims Genocide

1) Human Rights Viola2on in China

The 50 countries including the United States, Britain, Japan, France, Australia, Turkey
and Pakistan signed onto a statement read during a United Na@ons debate that
condemned the "severe and systema@c" human rights viola@on in China's Xinjiang
region.

2) Shaoguan Incident

Rio@ng began following the Shaoguan incident, where false accusa@ons of rape of a
Han woman by Uyghur men led to a brawl between ethnic Han and Uyghur factory
workers in Shaoguan, resul@ng in the deaths of two Uyghurs who were both from
Xinjiang.

3) Result of UN Vote on Xinjiang Incident.

UN vote to ignore human rights abuses in China leaves west in dead end. In a display of
raw Chinese poli@cal power, the UN has voted to turn its back on a report wriNen by its
own human rights commissioner that accused Beijing of serious human rights abuses
and possible crimes against humanity in Xinjiang province.

4) Reac2on of Chinese govt against Uyghur Muslims.

The Chinese government denies having commiNed human rights abuses in Xinjiang. In
an assessment by the UN Human Rights Office, the United Na@ons (UN) stated that
China's policies and ac@ons in the Xinjiang region may be crimes against humanity,
although it did not use the term genocide. Interna@onal reac@ons have varied.