China: Xinjiang vote failure betrays core mission of UN Human Rights Council

By Amnesty International

Responding to the United Nations Human Rights Council’s rejection – by 19 votes to 17 with 11 abstentions – of a draft decision to hold a debate on China’s Xinjiang region, Amnesty International’s Secretary General Agnes Callamard said: “Today’s vote protects the perpetrators of human rights violations rather than the victims – a dismaying result […] The post China: Xinjiang vote failure betrays core mission of UN Human Rights Council appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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