Fifty mainly Western countries urged China on Monday to fully implement all recommendations in a UN report accusing the country of possible “crimes against humanity” against Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim ethnic groups.
UNITED NATIONS—Fifty mainly Western countries urged China on Monday to fully implement all recommendations in a UN report accusing the country of possible “crimes against humanity” against Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim ethnic groups, including taking prompt steps to release all those “arbitrarily deprived of their liberty” in the far western province of Xinjiang.
The assessment from the Geneva-based UN human rights office was released in the final minutes of High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet’s four-year term on Aug. 31. It largely corroborated earlier reporting by researchers, advocacy groups and the news media. In light of “the gravity” of the report’s assessment, the countries expressed concern “that China has so far refused to discuss its findings” and urged the government “to fully implement the recommendations.”
Britain’s Foreign Minister James Cleverly tweeted that the statement “supported by a record 50 countries across 6 continents, demonstrates growing breadth of international concern.”
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