Xinjiang Communist Party Secretary Ma Xingrui, China's Director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission Wang Yi and Vice Chairman of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) Shi Taifeng attend the closing session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 13, 2023. NOEL CELIS/Pool via REUTERS 

Ethnic Uyghur demonstrators take part in a protest against China, near the Chinese consulate in Istanbul, Turkey February 5, 2023. The placard in the background reads: "We won't give up! No to Chinese Communist Party". REUTERS/Murad Sezer 

Ethnic Uyghur demonstrators take part in a protest against China, near the Chinese consulate in Istanbul, Turkey February 5, 2023. REUTERS/Murad Sezer 

Ethnic Uyghur demonstrators wave flags of Turkey and East Turkestan during a protest against China, near the Chinese consulate in Istanbul, Turkey February 5, 2023. REUTERS/Murad Sezer 

An ethnic Uyghur demonstrator waves a Turkish flag during a protest against China, near the Chinese consulate in Istanbul, Turkey February 5, 2023. REUTERS/Murad Sezer 

Demonstrators take part in a protest against China to support the ethnic Uighur community in Istanbul, Turkey, December 9, 2022. REUTERS/Umit Bektas 

Demonstrators take part in a protest against China to support the ethnic Uighur community in Istanbul, Turkey, December 9, 2022. REUTERS/Umit Bektas 

Demonstrators take part in a protest against China to support the ethnic Uighur community in Istanbul, Turkey, December 9, 2022. REUTERS/Umit Bektas 

Demonstrators take part in a protest against China to support the ethnic Uighur community in Istanbul, Turkey, December 9, 2022. REUTERS/Umit Bektas 

Ethnic Uyghur demonstrators scuffle with riot police as they try to continue a sit-in protest against China, in front of the Chinese consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, November 30, 2022. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya 

Ethnic Uyghur demonstrators scuffle with riot police as they try to continue a sit-in protest against China, in front of the Chinese consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, November 30, 2022. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya 

Ethnic Uyghur demonstrators scuffle with riot police as they try to continue a sit-in protest against China, in front of the Chinese consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, November 30, 2022. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya 

Ethnic Uyghur demonstrators protest against China, in front of the Chinese consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, November 30, 2022. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya 

Ethnic Uyghur demonstrators protest against China, in front of the Chinese consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, November 30, 2022. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya 

An ethnic Uyghur demonstrator burns a portrait of Chinese President Xi Jinping during a protest against China, in front of the Chinese consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, November 30, 2022. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya 

Ethnic Uyghur demonstrators protest against China, in front of the Chinese consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, November 30, 2022. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya 

Ethnic Uyghur demonstrators protest against China, in front of the Chinese consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, November 30, 2022. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya 

Ethnic Uyghur demonstrators scuffle with riot police as they try to continue a sit-in protest against China, in front of the Chinese consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, November 30, 2022. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya 

Ethnic Uyghur demonstrators scuffle with riot police as they try to continue a sit-in protest against China, in front of the Chinese consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, November 30, 2022. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Dolkun Isa, President of the World Uyghur Congress, attends a news conference with other leaders of the Chinese ethnic minority group at Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo, Japan September 30, 2022. REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Dolkun Isa, President of the World Uyghur Congress, attends a news conference with other leaders of the Chinese ethnic minority group at Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo, Japan September 30, 2022. REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Dolkun Isa, President of the World Uyghur Congress, attends a news conference with other leaders of the Chinese ethnic minority group at Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo, Japan September 30, 2022. REUTERS/Issei Kato 

U.S. Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) attends the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues/Subcommittee on East Asia, The Pacific, And International Cybersecurity Policy joint hearing "Atrocities in Xinjiang: Where Do We Go From Here?" on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 10, 2021. Picture taken June 10, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis 

A woman cooks in her house next to the remnants of other houses, demolished as part of a building renovation campaign in the old district of Kashgar, in Xinjiang province August 3, 2011. Picture taken August 3, 2011. REUTERS/Carlos Barria 

A Uighur man sleeps during a sandstorm as he rides his horse cart delivering hay around the Paklamakan desert, some 100km (63 miles) east to Yecheng, in the region of Xinjiang in this April 5, 2008 REUTERS/Nir Elias 

A giant screen shows news footage of Chinese President Xi Jinping visiting Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, at a shopping centre, in Beijing, China, July 15, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

A giant screen shows news footage of Chinese President Xi Jinping visiting Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, at a shopping centre, in Beijing, China, July 15, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang 

A giant screen shows news footage of Chinese President Xi Jinping visiting Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, at a shopping centre, in Beijing, China, July 15, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang 

A woman uses her phone under a giant screen showing news footage of Chinese President Xi Jinping visiting Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, at a shopping centre, in Beijing, China, July 15, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang 

A giant screen shows news footage of Chinese President Xi Jinping visiting Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, at a shopping centre, in Beijing, China, July 15, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang 

A giant screen shows news footage of Chinese President Xi Jinping visiting Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, at a shopping centre, in Beijing, China, July 15, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang 

A giant screen shows news footage of Chinese President Xi Jinping visiting Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, at a shopping centre, in Beijing, China, July 15, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang 

People dressed in traditional costumes from Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region perform during a celebration event for the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's handover to China from Britain, in Hong Kong, China June 26, 2022. Picture taken June 26, 2022. REUTERS/Lam Yik 

People dressed in traditional costumes from Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region perform in front of a screen with China's flag during the rehearsal of a celebration event for the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's handover to China from Britain, in Hong Kong, China June 26, 2022. Picture taken June 26, 2022. REUTERS/Lam Yik 

Women dressed in traditional costumes from Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region prepare backstage before a celebration event for the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's handover to China from Britain, in Hong Kong, China June 26, 2022. Picture taken June 26, 2022. REUTERS/Lam Yik 

People dressed in traditional costumes from Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region perform during a celebration event for the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's handover to China from Britain, in Hong Kong, China June 26, 2022. Picture taken June 26, 2022. REUTERS/Lam Yik 

The Chinese national flag and the East Turkestan flag, which supporters of Xinjiang independence use to represent their homeland, are seen in this illustration picture taken May 30, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration 

The Chinese national flag and the East Turkestan flag, which supporters of Xinjiang independence use to represent their homeland, are seen in this illustration picture taken May 30, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration 

The Chinese national flag and the East Turkestan flag, which supporters of Xinjiang independence use to represent their homeland, are seen in this illustration picture taken May 30, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration 

The East Turkestan flag, which supporters of Xinjiang independence use to represent their homeland, is seen in this illustration picture taken May 30, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration 

Ethnic Uyghurs display a banner and hold East Turkestan flags during a protest against China near the Chinese Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, May 26, 2022. Picture taken May 26, 2022. REUTERS/Umit Bektas 

Ethnic Uyghur women display a banner and hold East Turkestan flags during a protest against China near the Chinese Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, May 26, 2022. REUTERS/Umit Bektas 

An ethnic Uyghur woman waves an East Turkestan flag during a protest against China near the Chinese Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, May 26, 2022. REUTERS/Umit Bektas 

An ethnic Uyghur child looks on as women wave East Turkestan flags during a protest against China near the Chinese Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, May 26, 2022. REUTERS/Umit Bektas 

An ethnic Uyghur woman holds an East Turkestan flag and a placard that reads, "Genocide is undisguisable, can't be erased from history" during a protest against China near the Chinese Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, May 26, 2022. REUTERS/Umit Bektas 

Ethnic Uyghur children look on as women wave East Turkestan flags during a protest against China near the Chinese Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, May 26, 2022. REUTERS/Umit Bektas 

Ma Xingrui, party secretary of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, holds a cup as he attends the second plenary session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China March 8, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins 

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet attends a session of the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, September 13, 2021. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse 

Amnesty International activists take part in an action to protest against human rights violations in China and to ask for the support of French Parliament members in their request for an international mechanism of investigation for the violations committed in Xinjiang, before the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, in front the National Assembly in Paris, France, January 26, 2022. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes 

Amnesty International activists take part in an action to protest against human rights violations in China and to ask for the support of French Parliament members in their request for an international mechanism of investigation for the violations committed in Xinjiang, before the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, in front the National Assembly in Paris, France, January 26, 2022. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes 

Amnesty International activists take part in an action to protest against human rights violations in China and to ask for the support of French Parliament members in their request for an international mechanism of investigation for the violations committed in Xinjiang, before the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, in front the National Assembly in Paris, France, January 26, 2022. The slogan reads "Freedom for detainees in Xinjiang". REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Amnesty International activists take part in an action to protest against human rights violations in China and to ask for the support of French Parliament members in their request for an international mechanism of investigation for the violations committed in Xinjiang, before the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, in front the National Assembly in Paris, France, January 26, 2022. The slogan reads "Freedom for detainees in Xinjiang". REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes 

Amnesty International activists take part in an action to protest against human rights violations in China and to ask for the support of French Parliament members in their request for an international mechanism of investigation for the violations committed in Xinjiang, before the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, in front the National Assembly in Paris, France, January 26, 2022. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes 

A man holds the Olympic flag during an action by Amnesty International activists to protest against human rights violations in China and to ask for the support of French Parliament members in their request for an international mechanism of investigation for the violations committed in Xinjiang, before the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, in front the National Assembly in Paris, France, January 26, 2022. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes 

Amnesty International activists take part in an action to protest against human rights violations in China and to ask for the support of French Parliament members in their request for an international mechanism of investigation for the violations committed in Xinjiang, before the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, in front the National Assembly in Paris, France, January 26, 2022. The slogan reads "Freedom for detainees in Xinjiang". REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes 

Amnesty International activists take part in an action to protest against human rights violations in China and to ask for the support of French Parliament members in their request for an international mechanism of investigation for the violations committed in Xinjiang, before the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, in front the National Assembly in Paris, France, January 26, 2022. The slogan reads "Freedom for detainees in Xinjiang". REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes 

Amnesty International activists take part in an action to protest against human rights violations in China and to ask for the support of French Parliament members in their request for an international mechanism of investigation for the violations committed in Xinjiang, before the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, in front the National Assembly in Paris, France, January 26, 2022. The slogan reads "Freedom for detainees in Xinjiang". REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes 

Ethnic Uyghur women take part in a protest against China, in front of the Caglayan Courthouse, in Istanbul, Turkey, January 4, 2022. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya 

Ethnic Uyghur women take part in a protest against China, in front of the Caglayan Courthouse in Istanbul, Turkey, January 4, 2022. The placard reads, "Let Chinese criminals be prosecuted". REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya 

Ethnic Uyghur men take part in a protest against China, in front of the Caglayan Courthouse, in Istanbul, Turkey, January 4, 2022. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya