Uyghur advocacy groups called on United Nations bodies to take action against China on Thursday over its abuses against the mainly Muslim ethnic minority, after U.N. experts this week reviewed Beijing's rights record.
During a two-day U.N. Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights review in Geneva, participants asked China's delegation about the country's treatment of minorities, including Uyghurs in the western region of Xinjiang, and measures to end forced labour and arbitrary detentions, among other issues."Yet another group of independent U.N.
"And once again the Chinese government continues to deny and distract from the factual evidence presented. It's long past time for the U.N. system to respond in a more comprehensive way." The Chinese permanent mission to the United Nations Office in Geneva and the U.N. Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights did not immediately respond to requests for comment sent after business hours.
A report released in August by Michelle Bachelet, then U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, hours before she ended her mandate, found that China's detention of Uyghurs and other Muslims may constituteA Western-led bid to hold a debate on China's treatment of Muslim populations at the U.N. Human Rights Council, however, failed to pass., on Thursday joined several other groups in urging the European Union to drop what it called "meaningless" rights talks with Beijing.
"Lacking any prospect for concrete progress, the EU should suspend the dialogues and double down on its efforts to secure U.N. action on China's abysmal record and pursue accountability for international crimes committed in Xinjiang," Philippe Dam, EU director at Human Rights Watch, said in a statement.
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