Western Countries Call for UN Rights Council Debate Over Atrocities in China’s Xinjiang
Several Western countries have joined forces to call for a debate at the United Nations Human Rights Council over China’s “crimes against humanity” in the Xinjiang region.
The United States, Britain, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden presented a draft proposal on Monday calling for a debate on the situation in Xinjiang during the council’s next session in early 2023.
The draft proposal will require a majority vote in the U.N. council to be approved. If passed, it would be the first time that China’s human rights violations were formally put on the council’s agenda.
The move follows the release of a U.N. report last month detailing abuses committed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) against Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities, which it said amount to crimes against humanity….