US Holocaust Museum says China may be committing genocide against Uighurs

In a new report, the museum uses ‘genocide’ for first time, claiming that alleged crimes against the minority group amount to crimes against humanity

US Holocaust Museum says China boosting Uighur repression (AP News)
The US Holocaust Memorial Museum says it has compiled evidence of increasing government repression against Uyghur Muslims in China’s western Xinjiang region.

In a new report released on Tuesday, the museum’s Centre for the Prevention of Genocide says there is now “a reasonable basis” to believe that previously alleged crimes against humanity versus the Uyghurs are growing amid a concerted campaign to hide their severity.

“The Chinese government has done its best to keep information about crimes against the Uyghurs from seeing the light of day,” said Tom Bernstein, the chairman of the museum’s Committee on Conscience. “The Chinese government must halt its attacks on the Uyghur people and allow independent international monitors to investigate and ensure that the crimes have stopped.”

US Holocaust Memorial Museum days China may be committing genocide against Uighurs (Haaretz)
The museum has previously stopped short of leveling a charge of genocide against the Chinese government, which has been accused of detaining more than a million members of the Muslim minority in camps

Photo: Demonstrators supporting Tibetans, Uighurs and Hong Kongers take part in a protest against the Chinese Communist Party in London, on October 1 (AP/Matt Dunham)