The United Nations rejected a move to debate China’s ongoing human rights abuses—a rare move that could signal U.S. influence abroad is waning.
Leaders from the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada called for a debate on the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) suppression of the Uyghurs and other minorities in Xinjiang after a U.N. report documented possible crimes against humanity in the region.
“The extent of arbitrary and discriminatory detention of members of Uyghur and other predominantly Muslim groups … may constitute international crimes, in particular crimes against humanity,” the report said.
“Serious human rights violations have been committed in [Xinjiang] in the context of the Government’s application of counter-terrorism and counter-‘extremism’ strategies.”…