Analysis: U.N. Human Rights Council Rejects Xinjiang Debate

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By Andy Hsueh/Ryan Ho Kilpatrick

The United Nations Human Rights Council has rejected a motion to debate abuses in China's Xinjiang region. That's despite a U.N. report finding possible crimes against humanity in Beijing's treatment of the region's Muslim Uyghur ethnic group. TaiwanPlus spoke with Uyghur human rights lawyer Rayhan E. Asat to learn more.