U.S. Declares China's Human Rights Abuses Against Muslim Uighurs 'Genocide'

The United States government has declared the Chinese government is committing genocide against the Uighurs, a Muslim ethnic minority, in northwest China.

Last week, outgoing Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called China’s actions against the Uighurs “crimes against humanity.” The Biden administration agrees that the mass internment, forced labor and sterilization of Uighur women constitutes a genocide.