China should ‘accept recommendations’ of UN report on Uyghurs treatment

China should ‘accept recommendations’ of UN report on Uyghurs treatment

China should “accept” the recommendations from the United Nation’s report on its treatment of Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim groups, Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Birmingham says.

“This long-awaited UN report for which China sought to hold it back and have it suppressed does demonstrate very deep concerning aspects,” he told Sky News Australia.

“What China should do is accept the recommendations, they should open their doors to allow thorough, independent scrutiny of what is happening in the Xinjiang province.

“But certainly, the Australian government, with the Magnitsky sanction regime that was legislated early this year by the previous Coalition government with bipartisan support, the Albanese government should be looking at whether it is appropriate to apply targeted sanctions.

”And we would certainly offer bipartisan support if they did so in relation to addressing these clear human rights concerns.”