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On 10 October 2020, the UK shadow foreign secretary, [[Lisa Nandy]] urged Britain to block China's seat on the [[United Nations Human Rights Council]] over the country's treatment of Uyghur Muslims.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/10/block-chinas-seat-on-human-rights-council-over-uighurs-urges-lisa-nandy |title= Block China's seat on human rights council over Uighurs, urges Lisa Nandy |access-date= 10 October 2020 |website= The Guardian|date= 10 October 2020 }}</ref>
On 19 January 2021, outgoing Secretary of State Mike Pompeo formally declared that China is committing a
In 2021, independent sources reported that Uyghur women in China's internment camps have been systematically raped, sexually abused and tortured.<ref name="goal-destroy"/> Victims said there is a system of organized rape.<ref name="goal-destroy"/> The Chinese police also electrocute and torture them.<ref name="goal-destroy"/> There is planned dehumanization, sterilization and torture.<ref name="goal-destroy">{{cite web |website=BBC |title='Their goal is to destroy everyone': Uighur camp detainees allege systematic rape |date=3 February 2021 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-55794071 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209022817/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-55794071 |archive-date=9 February 2021}}</ref> China has undertaken a deliberate campaign to weaken and eradicate any vestiges of Uyghur culture, employing measures such as curtailing religious liberties and enforcing assimilation. Detainees have recounted experiences of being coerced to abandon their beliefs and swear allegiance to the CCP using methods reminiscent of psychological manipulation.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=2021-04-19 |title="Break Their Lineage, Break Their Roots" |url=https://www.hrw.org/report/2021/04/19/break-their-lineage-break-their-roots/chinas-crimes-against-humanity-targeting |journal=Human Rights Watch |language=en}}</ref>
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Foreign observers estimate that hundreds of thousands and perhaps millions of Falun Gong practitioners have been detained in "[[re-education through labor]]" camps, prisons and other detention facilities for refusing to renounce the spiritual practice.<ref name="CECC2008" /><ref name="Departmentof">U.S. Department of State, [https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2009/eap/135989.htm 2009 Country Report on Human Rights: China (includes Hong Kong and Macau)]</ref> Former prisoners have reported that Falun Gong practitioners consistently received "the longest sentences and worst treatment" in labour camps, and in some facilities Falun Gong practitioners formed the substantial majority of detainees.<ref name="HumanRights">Human Rights Watch [https://www.hrw.org/reports/2005/china1205/6.htm V. Abuses Against Petitioners in Beijing] of report [https://www.hrw.org/reports/2005/china1205/ "We Could Disappear at Any Time"] December 2005</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=China Legalization |url=https://www.uslegalization.com/china/ |website=US Legalization |access-date=17 October 2019}}</ref> As of 2009 at least 2,000 Falun Gong adherents had been tortured to death in the persecution campaign,<ref>Andrew Jacobs. [https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/28/world/asia/28china.html 'China Still Presses Crusade Against Falun Gong'], ''The New York Times'', 27 April 2009.</ref> with some observers putting the number much higher.<ref name="Jay" />
Some international observers and judicial authorities have described the campaign against Falun Gong as a
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