UNHRC: India Abstains Along With 11 Nations from Voting Against China on Uyghur Muslims

UNHRC: At the 51st regular session of the UN Human Rights Council, India did not participate in the vote on a draft resolution calling for a discussion of the human rights situation in China's Xinjiang region.
"Draft resolution A/HRC/51/L.6 on having a debate on the situation of human rights in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of #China, was REJECTED," stated a tweet from the UN Human Rights Council.
The draft resolution, which dealt a blow to the West, was proposed by a core group of countries in the 47-member Council, including Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, UK, and the United States, and co-sponsored by a number of other nations, including Turkey.

UNHRC Tweets:

Also Read: Ukraine-Russia War: Putin Promises to ‘Stabilize’ Annexations As Ukraine Reclaims its Territories

Only 17 members voted in favour of the debate despite the countries' attempts to garner support. The countries claimed that the Chinese government had violated the human rights of the Uyghur community in the province of Xinjiang. A total of 19 members, including China, Pakistan, and Nepal, voted against. Brazil, Mexico, Ukraine, India, and 11 other members chose to abstain.
There was no agreement among UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) member states despite the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in August that possible crimes against humanity took place in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

Also Read: Pebbles: World’s Oldest Living Dog Passes Away at 22

Human rights organisations and campaigners have responded angrily to the council's developments.

"Today's vote protects the perpetrators of human rights violations rather than the victims," said Agnes Callamard, secretary general of Amnesty International, "a dismaying result that puts the UN's main human rights body in the farcical position of ignoring the findings of the UN's own human rights office."

China's assault on Uyghurs, Kazakhs, and other primarily Muslim ethnic minorities in Xinjiang, carried out under the pretence of combating terrorism, has been extensively documented since 2017.

Keep watching our YouTube Channel ‘DNP INDIA’. Also, please subscribe and follow us on FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, and TWITTER