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Uyghurs: UN says China may have committed "crimes against humanity"

We hear from Uyghurs after a new report accuses China of 鈥渟erious human rights violations鈥

A new United Nations report says China has carried out serious human rights abuses in its western region of Xinjiang, using arbitrary detention, forced labour and forced sterilisation against the mostly Muslim Uyghur people. China denies the claims, and has urged the UN not to release the report - with Beijing calling it a "farce" arranged by Western powers. We explain who the Uyghur people are and we hear a conversation amongst Uyghurs.

UN nuclear inspectors have reached the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia power plant in Ukraine, after hours of delays because of shelling near the site. Russia and Ukraine accuse each other of trying to sabotage the mission. Our reporter in Ukraine brings us the latest developments.

And we also speak to families in Ukraine whose children have gone back to school today, in some cases returning to their classrooms for the first time since Russia invaded.

(Photo: Ethnic Uyghur demonstrators wearing masks take part in a protest against China near the Chinese consulate in Istanbul, Turkey July 5, 2022. Credit: Reuters/Murad Sezer)

50 minutes

Last on

Thu 1 Sep 2022 15:06GMT

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  • Thu 1 Sep 2022 15:06GMT

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