UN expresses concern about Uyghurs, forced labour in China

A United Nations committee expressed concern about situation of Uyghur minority in China and the use of forced labour against them.

The sweeping report has added pressure on Beijing to improve its human rights record, media reported.

A group of UN appointed independent experts has come up with these findings.

These follow a series of Geneva hearings last month in which right groups raised large number of topics including China’s COVID-19 policies, treatment of human rights defenders and its Muslim minority.

Last year, a report by the UN human rights chief said China’s treatment of Uyghurs, a mainly Muslim ethnic minority that numbers around 10 million in Xinjiang, in the country’s far west, may constitute crimes against humanity.