The Latest Breaking News from Xinjiang

It was the report that China hoped would never see the light of day. Just minutes before her mandate ended, the office of now-former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet published its long-overdue assessment of human rights in China's Xinjiang region. It contained damning findings of mass arbitrary…

After 19 countries voted down a motion to discuss a report that found China is responsible for serious human rights violations in Xinjiang, the Australian government also issued a forceful statement, saying the mistreatment of Uyghurs "cannot be ignored by the international community".

The U.S. envoy to the United Nations Human Rights Council said on Thursday she was disappointed by its decision not to hold a debate on alleged Chinese rights abuses against Uyghurs in Xinjiang, but vowed to continue to seek justice and accountability.

The U.N. rights council on Thursday voted down a Western-led motion to hold a debate about alleged human rights abuses by China against Uyghurs and other Muslims in Xinjiang in a victory for Beijing as it seeks to avoid further scrutiny.

In a close diplomatic victory for China, the U.N.’s top human rights body has voted down a proposal from Britain, Turkey, the United States and other mostly Western countries to hold a debate on alleged rights abuses against Muslim Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in China’s western Xinjiang region

President Xi Jinping expected to start third term while citizens express frustration with restrictions

Sprawling Xinjiang is the latest Chinese region to be hit with sweeping COVID-19 travel restrictions, as China further ratchets up control measures ahead of a key Communist Party congress later this month

Western countries are leading a simultaneous push at the U.N.’s top human rights body to scrutinize human rights in two of the world’s most influential countries: China and Russia

Japan needs to do more than make an "empty promise" to stop human rights abuses in China, the leader of the largest ethnic Uyghur group in exile said in Tokyo on Friday.