China rejects the United Nations report on Human Rights

• What: China condemned the United Nations report into alleged human rights abuses in the Xinjiang region as a “political tool” against Beijing.

• About the Report: The report concluded that China has committed serious human rights violations under its antiterrorism and anti-extremism policies and calls for urgent attention from the UN.

• Official Statement: “The so-called critical report you mentioned is planned and manufactured firsthand by the US and some western forces, it is wholly illegal and invalid”, foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said.