Washington, Aug. 18 -- China's communist government is responsible for "genocide and crimes against humanity" targeting ethnic and religious minorities, according to the US State Department's annual human rights report, as cited by The Washington Times (TWT).

The document highlighted "serious human rights concerns" including credible evidence of arbitrary killings, enforced disappearances, torture, degrading treatment, involuntary medical and psychological practices, and mass detentions.

Since 2017, more than one million Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim groups have been held in internment camps and prisons without due process, it noted.

In addition to those detained, an undisclosed number of individuals have been subjected to "re...