Nearly two dozen countries have called on China to halt its mass detention of et...
GENEVA - Nearly two dozen countries have called on China to halt its mass detention of ethnic Uighurs in the Xinjiang region, the first such joint move on the issue at the U.N. Human Rights Council, according to diplomats and a letter seen by Reuters.
The unprecedented letter to the president of the forum, dated July 8, was signed by the ambassadors of 22 countries. Australia, Canada and Japan were among them, along with European countries including Britain, France, Germany and Switzerland, but not the United States which quit the forum a year ago.
Another envoy said: “It’s a formal step because it will be published as an official document of the Council...It is a signal.”The letter voices concern at reports of unlawful detention in “large-scale places of detention, as well as widespread surveillance and restrictions, particularly targeting Uighurs and other minorities in Xinjiang”.
“We call also on China to refrain from the arbitrary detention and restrictions on freedom of movement of Uighurs, and other Muslim and minority communities in Xinjiang.” China’s ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva said last month that he hoped Bachelet would take up an invitation to visit. A U.N. spokeswoman said at the time that the trip, including “full access to Xinjiang”, was under discussion.
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