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01/09/2022 04:06 GMT : Xinjiang: UN accuses China of crimes against humanity

Xinjiang: UN accuses China of crimes against humanity

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Beijing has dismissed UN report as a farce

The UN has urged China to release all detainees in Xinjiang and comply with international law

A long delayed UN report says allegations of serious human rights abuses in China's Xinjiang region may constitute crimes against humanity. It found that reports of torture and sexual abuse at detention camps against Uighur Muslims are credible.

International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors are due to visit the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant as they seek to safeguard the site amid artillery shelling.

And Kenya’s long time opposition leader Raila Odinga says he is confident of a favourable ruling by the country’s constitutional court regarding a petition seeking to invalidate the declaration of his opponent William Ruto as President elect.

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