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A Uyghur organization and a human rights group are taking the U.K. government to court to challenge Britain’s failure to block the import of cotton products associated with forced labor and other abuses in China’s far western Xinjiang region

Social media videos by people from the Uyghur community are part of a sophisticated propaganda campaign, thinktank says

It was the report that China hoped would never see the light of day. Just minutes before her mandate ended, the office of now-former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet published its long-overdue assessment of human rights in China's Xinjiang region. It contained damning findings of mass arbitrary…

After 19 countries voted down a motion to discuss a report that found China is responsible for serious human rights violations in Xinjiang, the Australian government also issued a forceful statement, saying the mistreatment of Uyghurs "cannot be ignored by the international community".

This is the first time the council has considered a proposal to debate the human rights situation in Xinjiang.

China claims ‘victory’ as UN Human Rights Council votes not to discuss allegations of abuses against minority Uighurs.

Result not to debate its own damning report shows many states are unwilling to take sides in power struggle between China and west

It's only the second time in the U.N. body's 16-year history that a motion has been defeated.

The U.S. envoy to the United Nations Human Rights Council said on Thursday she was disappointed by its decision not to hold a debate on alleged Chinese rights abuses against Uyghurs in Xinjiang, but vowed to continue to seek justice and accountability.