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No Clear Path to Compensation for Iraqis Abused in Detention by US Forces
Arbitrary Arrests, Torture Follow Online Abuses, Illegal Phone Searches
Enforced Disappearances, Torture, Deaths in Custody Hundreds of Arbitrary Arrests
Survivors Describe Beatings, Electric Shocks, Waterboarding
(Geneva) – A groundbreaking United Nations report published on August 31, 2022, says the Chinese government has committed abuses that may amount to crimes against humanity targeting Uyghurs and other Turkic communities in the Xinjiang region, Human Rights Watch said today. The report by the outgoing UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, contains victim accounts that substantiate mass arbitrary detention, torture, cultural persecution, forced labor, and other serious human rights violations, and recommends that states, businesses, and the international community take action with a view to ending the abuses, and advancing justice and accountability.
Six Months of Russian War Crimes and Devastation in Ukraine
Preserving Evidence Critical for War Crimes Prosecutions
Immediate Humanitarian Access, Protection of Communities Key