Meanings of forced sterilisation in English

Rights groups report occasional incidents of forced sterilisation of Roma women.

China is accused of mass detentions, religious persecution and forced sterilisation of Uighurs and others.

Some people who have fled the region have told of programmes of forced sterilisation for Uighur women.

The Council of Europe details a history of extreme persecution including enslavement, forced sterilisation, separation from children and massacres.

Various investigations have revealed the brutality inside camps, from the forced sterilisation of women to barbaric medical experiments and brutal abuse and torture.

The policy led to forced sterilisation and abortions, infanticide and a huge gender imbalance, as couples chose to have boys instead of girls.

Mr Liu said he could not rule out "single cases" of forced sterilisation, but insisted the practice was not Chinese government policy.

They were sent to forced labour camps, and from 1934 subjected to forced sterilisation as a result of the Nazis' "racial purity" laws.