(1 Sep 2022)
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ARCHIVE: Dabancheng, Xinjiang – 23 April 2021
1. Exterior of Urumqi No. 3 detention centre
HEADLINE: UN accuses Beijing of Uyghur rights abuses
2. Armed police saluting at entrance
3. Wide exterior of detention center entrance sign reading (Mandarin) 'supervision area'
ANNOTATION: The U.N. has accused China of serious human rights violations that may amount to "crimes against humanity"
4. Close-up on sign of detention center entrance sign reading (Mandarin) 'supervision area'
5. Various of centre staff and officer armed with rifle at entrance of center
ANNOTATION: The long-delayed report examined a crackdown on Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim ethnic groups.
6. Various of watchtowers at detention centre
ANNOTATION: The assessment concluded that China has committed serious human rights violations under its anti-terrorism and anti-extremism policies.
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Beijing - 1 September 2022
7. Wide of news conference
8. Wide of journalists
ANNOTATION: Beijing denounced the assessment as a fabrication cooked up by Western nations to smear China's reputation.
9. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Wang Wenbin, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson:
"The so-called assessment you mentioned is orchestrated and produced by the U.S. and some Western forces and is completely illegal or void."
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ARCHIVE: Artux, Xinjiang – 3 December 2018
10. Various of an internment camp with factories inside
ANNOTATION: Uyghurs who have fled overseas felt a sense of relief that the report had seen the light of day since many worried that it would never be published.
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Almaty, Kazakhstan – 1 September 2022
11. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Dina Nurdybay, former detainee in Xinjiang camp:
"The U.N. are protecting us and our rights, so I think this is great. This is the best thing for us victims, and it will bring us benefits."
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ARCHIVE: Dabancheng, Xinjiang – 23 April 2021
12. Journalists and Xinjiang government officials walking into the detention center
13. Entrance of video meeting rooms, where lawyers and family can speak with detainees
ANNOTATION: Human rights groups renewed calls for the U.N. Human Rights Council to set up an independent international body to investigate the allegations.
STORYLINE:
The U.N. accused China of serious human rights violations that may amount to "crimes against humanity" in a long-delayed report examining a crackdown on Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim ethnic groups.
Beijing on Thursday denounced the assessment as a fabrication cooked up by Western nations.
Human rights groups have accused China of sweeping a million or more people from the minority groups into detention camps where many have said they were tortured, sexually assaulted, and forced to abandon their language and religion.
The camps were just one part of what the rights organizations have called a ruthless campaign against extremism in the far western province of Xinjiang that also included draconian birth control policies and all-encompassing restrictions on people's movement.
The assessment from the Geneva-based U.N. human rights office largely corroborated earlier reporting by researchers, advocacy groups and the news media, and it added the weight of the world body to the conclusions. But it was not clear what impact it would have.
Still, among Uyghurs who have fled overseas, there was a palpable sense of relief that the report had finally seen the light of day since many worried that it would never be published. Several saw it as a vindication of their cause and of years of advocacy work.
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