The United States, Britain and other countries are calling for a debate at the U.N. Human Rights Council to discuss China’s treatment of Uyghurs and other Muslims in the far western region of Xinjiang.
The move, which needs a majority vote to pass in the deeply divided Geneva council, would be the first time that alleged abuses by China, a powerful permanent Security Council member, feature on the U.N. rights body’s agenda in its 16-year history.
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