The United Nations has said in its report on serious human rights violations in China's western Xinjiang province that allegations of torture are substantiated.
According to the French news agency AFP, the United Nations has released a very shocking report on Wednesday, which indicates possible crimes against humanity in Xinjiang province.
The report details violations of the rights of Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities, but does not make any reference to genocide.
The US and other critics accuse China of genocide against the Uyghurs.
UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet has decided that a full review of the situation inside China's autonomous region of Xinjiang is needed.
The report was almost a year in the making and China strongly opposed its release.
Michelle Bachelet was determined to release it before her four-year term as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights ends at the end of August.
"I said I would publish it before the end of my mandate," Michelle Bachelet said in an email to AFP on Thursday.
He further said that the politicization of these serious human rights issues by some states has not helped.
Confirmed allegations of violence:
China has been accused for years of detaining more than 1 million Uighurs and other Muslims in the region.
Beijing has vehemently denied the claims, insisting it was running professional centers designed to counter extremism.
The United Nations report states that "serious human rights violations have been committed in the Uyghur Autonomous Region in the context of the implementation of the anti-terrorism and anti-extremism strategy by the government."
The report raised concerns about the treatment of people held in China's 'Vocational Education and Training Centers' (VETCS).
However, the UN Human Rights Office could not confirm how many people were affected by these centers but concluded that the system operates widely across the region.
