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Coverage dated October 5, 2022

UN Human Rights Council rejects debate on Xinjiang

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The UN Human Rights Council on Thursday voted against holding a debate on alleged widespread abuses in China's Xinjiang region after intense lobbying by

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  1. Digital Journal

    UN Human Rights Council rejects debate on Xinjiang (opens Digital Journal)

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    The UN Human Rights Council on Thursday voted against holding a debate on alleged widespread abuses in China's Xinjiang region after intense lobbying by

  2. Fox News

    UN body rejects discussion on China human rights abuses: 'Failed the test to uphold its core mission' (opens Fox News)

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    The U.N. Human Rights Council in August released a report that found China had violated a number of human rights. The report made recommendations to help remedy the abuses.

  3. Forbes

    A Debate On The Situation In Xinjiang Blocked At The U.N. Human Rights Council (opens Forbes)

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    On October 6, 2022, the U.N. Human Rights Council rejected a draft decision to accommodate a debate on the situation in Xinjiang, China.

  4. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    UN rights body rejects Western bid to debate Xinjiang abuses (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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    In a close diplomatic victory for China, the U.N.'s top human rights body on Thursday voted down a proposal from Britain, Turkey, the United States and other mostly Western countries to hold a debate on alleged rights abuses against Muslim Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in China's western Xinji…

  5. Deutsche Welle

    UN council rejects debate of China's human rights record in Xinjiang | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    A slim majority of countries in the UN's Human Rights Council rejected a proposal to hold a debate on China's alleged abuses against the Muslim minority Uyghur people in Xinjiang.

  6. The Diplomat

    UN Human Rights Council Rejects Western Bid to Debate China’s Xinjiang Abuses (opens The Diplomat)

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    China managed to convince enough states to narrowly defeat a motion to hold a debate on Xinjiang – the least intrusive form of scrutiny that the council could seek

  7. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    U.N. group rejects bid to debate abuse allegations levied against China (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    In a close diplomatic victory for China, the U.N.'s top human rights body on Thursday voted down a proposal from Britain, Turkey, the United States and other mostly Western countries to hold a debate on alleged rights abuses against Muslim Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in China's western Xinji…

  8. The Washington Free Beacon

    UN Human Rights Council Rejects Debate on China's Uyghur Genocide (opens The Washington Free Beacon)

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    GENEVA (Reuters)—The U.N. rights council on Thursday rejected a Western-led motion to hold a debate about alleged human rights abuses in China's Xinjiang region after a U.N. report found possible crimes against humanity against Uyghurs and other Muslims.

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