Uyghurs in Xinjiang

Xinjiang, China · 2017–present

OngoingContested / denied

Mass detention and coercive policies against Uyghurs in Xinjiang from 2017; characterized as genocide by some governments and an independent tribunal, and rejected by China.

Perpetrator

Government of the People's Republic of China

Target group

Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims

Deaths (estimate)

Not established

Protected category

Ethnical, Religious

Process stage (Stanton)

1 Classification

2 Symbolization

3 Discrimination

4 Dehumanization

5 Organization

6 Polarization

7 Preparation

8 Persecution

9 Extermination

10 Denial

Recognition status

Contested / denied. US and several parliaments have declared it genocide; the independent (non-governmental) Uyghur Tribunal found genocide via birth-prevention measures (2021). China rejects all such findings. A UN OHCHR report cited possible crimes against humanity.

OngoingContested / denied