US, allies push for UN rights body debate on Xinjiang abuses

By JAMEY KEATEN
Associated Press

GENEVA (AP) — The United States and several Western allies have presented a proposal for the U.N.’s main human rights body to hold a special debate over reported rights abuses and violations against Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in China’s western Xinjiang region. A group of countries including the United States,  Britain, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden are behind a draft resolution at the Human Rights Council. The resolutionwould call for a debate on Xinjiang at the council’s next session in early 2023. The move is the latest sign of tensions between the West and China. It’s not clear whether Western countries can muster enough political capital to push through any action on Xinjiang before the council’s current session ends on Oct. 7.