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Washington/Sputnik: Ottawa and Beijing sparred over human rights issues in the others’ countries, with Canada pushing China at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) meeting for free access to Xinjiang province to investigate alleged human rights violations against the Uyghur people. "We urge China to allow immediate, meaningful and unfettered access to Xinjiang for independent observers," Canada's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva Leslie Norton said in prepared remarks on Tuesday at the UNHRC meeting on behalf of 40 countries. Norton also called on China to hastily implement the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination’s...
