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A new report published by the UN says allegations of serious human rights abuses in China's Xinjiang region may amount to crimes against humanity. It found that reports of torture and sexual abuse at detention camps against Uyghur Muslims are credible.

Beijing, which saw the report in advance, denies allegations of abuse and argues that the camps are a tool to fight terrorism.

Rayhan Asat is a Uyghur human rights advocate and lawyer based in the US. She told Newsday: 鈥淢y brother is just one of the many victims whose suffering was鈥�recognised in this report. He is鈥�a leader in his own right鈥�unfortunately after coming to the United States he was forcibly disappeared upon returning鈥� to China.

(Picture: A watchtower at what is believed to be a re-education camp where mostly Muslim ethnic minorities are detained, on the outskirts of Hotan, in China's northwestern Xinjiang region. Credit: GREG BAKER/AFP via Getty Images.)