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The United States slammed the United Nations for electing “authoritarian regimes” were elected to the UNHRC.

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New Delhi: Pakistan and Nepal were re-elected to the UN Human Rights Council, China won a seat by the smallest
margin while Saudi Arabia was defeated in the elections.

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A group of 39 countries led by Germany had issued strong criticism of China last week at the UN saying they were arbitration
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Uighur Muslims in China’s restive Xinjiang region are facing systematic persecution. ‘military puppet’

Recently, The New York Times report said that China, in recent years, closed and demolished many major shrines,
mosques and other holy structures across Xinjiang.

Citing a report by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), NYT reported that around 8,500 mosques across Xinjiang
have been completely demolished since 2017.

Millions of Uighurs have been arrested and put in concentration camps which Beijing calls “re-education camps”. There
are reports that Communist China has also ordered forced sterilization of Uighur women.   

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