At UNHRC, Grave Concerns raised over Xinjiang
On June 22, 2021, expressing grave concerns over the "Uyghur genocide" in China's Xinjiang province, Canada delivered a joint statement on behalf of 42 countries at the UN Humans Rights Council.
Resolution Highlights
- The Resolution urges China to allow immediate, meaningful and unfettered access to Xinjiang for independent observers.
- The statement was backed by major countries Germany, France, Italy, Japan, Australia, Britain, Spain and the United States, among others.
- Implement the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination's Xinjiang-related recommendations, including ending the arbitrary detention of Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities.
- The countries also urged China to allow immediate, meaningful and unfettered access ....
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