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NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Jonathan Loeb, a senior crisis adviser and the lead author of Amnesty International's new report on the persecution of Uyghurs and other minority groups in Xinjiang.

According to a new report from Amnesty International published Thursday, the Chinese government's actions against people in Muslim minority groups in

New Report Details Firsthand Accounts Of Torture From Uyghur Muslims In China

Igor Ilnitckii/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Amnesty International on Thursday officially branded China's actions against its Turkic Muslim population as "crimes against humanity." "Muslims living in Xinjiang may be the most closely surveyed population in the world," Jonathan Loeb, senior crisis adviser with Amnesty International, told reporters. In conjunction with the announcement, the organization released a 160-page report claiming Uighurs and other Muslim minorities living in...

The 160-page report by Amnesty International uses the testimony of former detainees to document the abuses.

Chinese officials are accused of covering up their torture of the Uyghur minority in the southern Xianjiang province. Amnesty International interviewed more than 100 people, 55 of which were camp survivors, and others were camp workers, to verify the claims.

China has created dystopian hellscape in Xinjiang © Getty Images Chinas alleged abuses in Xinjiang have generated global outrage since an escalation in 2017 The human rights organisation Amnesty International has said China is committing crimes against humanity in Xinjiang, the north-western region that is home to the Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities. In a report published on Thursday, Amnesty called on the UN to investigate, and said China had subjected Uyghurs, Kazakhs, and other Muslim...

NPRs Ailsa Chang speaks with Jonathan Loeb, a senior crisis adviser and the lead author of Amnesty Internationals new report on the persecution of Uyghurs and other minority groups in Xinjiang.