Ukraine Turns on China at U.N. Over Human Rights Concerns in Xinjiang


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Ukraine joined a group of mostly Western nations at the United Nations that called on Monday for China to act on recommendations to revise its policies against Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim ethnic groups in its far-western Xinjiang province. The move was a notable shift in Kyiv's otherwise cautious approach to diplomacy with Beijing. The 50-nation joint statement delivered by Bob Rae, Canada's ambassador to the U.N., said the countries were "gravely concerned about the human rights situation" in China, before calling attention to the U.N. human rights office's August 31 report on conditions in Xinjiang. For years, human rights...