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LEGALENGUSH - BREAKING NEWS - UPPERINTERMEDIATE (82-C1) UN Report Accuses China of ‘Serious’ Rights Abuses in Xinjiang Beijing tries to block assessment by rights chief Bachelet. China committed “serious human rights abuses” — and potentially crimes against humanity ~ in Xinjiang, a top UN official said, bolstering international efforts to pressure Beijing to change its policies toward the region's Muslim minority. LUN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet delivered her long-awaited report Wednesday, just hours before her tenure expired, after months of delays. The assessment found “patterns of torture or other forms of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment” as part of a ‘campaign that China has defended as an effort to fight extremism, Detentions of Uyghurs and other Muslims, along with a broader campaign of rights violations “may © Linguahouse.com. Photocopiable and licensed for use in Charlie Zie 's lessons. SéLIVEWORKS linguahouse.c 6 Beijing has dismissed allegations of rights abuse the region as the “lie of the century,” and condi tours for international diplomats that emphasiz Alaska-sized region’ political stability and econ transformation. China said in a response publis! with the report that the assessment ignores its achievements, exceeds Bachelet’s mandate anc “wantonly smears and slanders China.” 7 “The Chinese government, pursuing a people- centered approach, upholds that living a happy the primary human right and has embarked on human rights development path which conform the trend of the times,” it said. Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin called the report “lle null and void” during a regular press briefing Th in Beijing. He said the US and other nations “orchestrated and produced” the assessment. 8 Bachelet in May became the first UN human rig chief since 2005 to visit China, in a trip that righ groups criticized as overly controlled by Beijing, former Chilean president later acknowledged st faced “limitations” and wasn’t able to meet det tips: iveworksheots.cominy_studentalworkbook asp? workbookié=15667 18clavoxcysp7xo 2698122, 627 PM WUUUUU VU UU constitute international crimes, in particular crimes against humanity,” Bachelet said. Local holy places such as the Imam Asim Shrine in southern Xinjiang had been demolished, she added. The UN assessment affirms findings by several Western governments and independent rights groups, although it stopped short of accusing China of genocide. The Trump administration designated CChina’s crackdown on Uyghurs and other minorities in the Xinjiang region as genocide in one of its final acts, a finding later affirmed by the Biden administration. “The report gives credence to the widespread deprivation of liberty in re-education centers, the torture and sexual violence found there, the likelihood of forced labor, the assault on religious and cultural rights,” said William Nee, research and advocacy coordinator at Chinese Human Rights Defenders. Liveworkshests.com - Student workbooks Uyghurs. Last week, Bachelet vowed to press ab with the report's publication before her tenure ended. 9. The UN report will likely rekindle scrutiny of Chi policies in Xinjiang region and spur further effo: governments, activists and international busine push for a change. It comes two weeks after a slavery expert found claims of forced labor in Xi to be “reasonable.” 10 “For Beijing, this report is a major problem,” sai Adrian Zenz, a senior fellow in China studies at Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation a leading critic of the policies in Xinjiang. “Despite shortcomings, it speaks very strongly to the mu aspects of this atrocity and strongly concludes t human rights violations have taken place.” n 12 13 Expems. Germany's Foreign Office said in a statement that the report showed “there is cause for greatest concern.” Italso urged “the Chinese government to immediately grant all people of Xinjiang their full human rights.” While the report focused on religious curbs and arbitrary detention in re-education centers, it said less about issues such as forced labor and coercive birth-control measures, Zenz said. Stil, the mention of labor programs was significant at a time when the European Union was considering moves to ban products from Xinjiang, Zenz said, something the US's Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act did in June. The UN document recommended that the global business community take “all possible measures” to protect workers in the region and urged China to grant UN agencies and officials “unrestricted” visits. It also said the Chinese government should promptly release “all individuals arbitrarily deprived of their © Linguahouse.com. Photocopiable and licensed for use in Charlie Ziese’s lessons. SéLIVEWORKS linguahouse.com 14 Jewher Ilham, the daughter of jailed Uyghur sct Itham Tohti, said the assessment brought her “2 comfort.” “I was pleased to see that the report on the government of China to release detainec individuals and to provide safe channels of ‘communication and travel enabling families to reunite,” said Ilham, who is forced labor project coordinator at the Worker Rights Consortium. 15 A group of 60 Uyghur organizations called for a1 immediate response to the report to put an enc atrocities. “This UN report is extremely importa paves the way for meaningful and tangible acti member states, UN bodies, and the business community,” said World Uyghur Congress Presi Dolkun isa, one of the groups signing the staten “Accountability starts now.” nips: jiveworkshoots.cominy_studentslworkbook asp? workbookid=15667 Bclavoxcysp7xo 3898122, 627 PM Liveworkshests.com - Student workbooks oerty 1m ainyang, ane pur tamies in contact with those held. WUUUUU Expems. © Linguahouse-com. Photocopiabe and licensed for use in Charlie Ziese's lessons. SaLIVEWORKS a Vinguahouse.com EB Extended activity / writing homework ‘Summarize the article and discuss how this could affect international relations with China. Also, discuss the UN's role and how likely it is that China will be held accountable in some way. a a ntips:tww.iveworkshoots.cominy_studentalworkbook asp? workbookid=15667 Bclavoxcysp7xo 4698122, 627 PM Liveworkshests.com - Student workbooks AY VU Expems. © Linguahouse.com. Photocopiable and licensed for use in Charlie Zise’ lessons. SeLIVEWORKS Finished: 18 Sep 2022 - 18:25 Previous grades: 8 tips: liveworksheots.cominy_studentalworkbook asp?workbookid=15667 8clavoxcysp7xo 55