“Break Their Lineage, Break Their Roots” - China’s Crimes against Humanity

Report by Human Rights Watch.

In May 2014, the Chinese government launched the “Strike Hard Campaign against Violent Terrorism” in Xinjiang against Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims. Research by Stanford Law School’s Human Rights & Conflict Resolution Clinic and Human Rights Watch, along with reports by human rights organizations, the media, activist groups, and others, and internal Chinese Communist Party (CCP) documents, show that the Chinese government has committed—and continues to commit—crimes against humanity against the Turkic Muslim population.

This report sets forth the factual basis for that conclusion, assessing available information about Chinese government actions in Xinjiang within the international legal framework.

Read the full report here.