‘Blind eye’ can’t be turned to China’s treatment of Uighurs, rights group says Human rights group Glan has warned there is a credible case that the Asian superpower is committing ‘genocide’ 14th February, 2021 Ethnic Uighur women clash with Chinese riot police in China's far west Xinjiang province: human rights experts have warned that governments and businesses need to ‘reassess their relationship with Beijing’ until the poor treatment of Uighurs ends. Photo: Peter Parks/AFP via Getty Businesses can “no longer turn a blind eye” to the treatment of Uighur Muslims in northwestern China, a human rights group has warned.