Dozens of countries condemn China over Xinjiang abuse claims

Mounting calls for U.N. rights chief to publish delayed report on allegations

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Police officers patrol the streets of Kashgar in China's Xinjiang. Millions of the region's Muslim Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities have allegedly been subjected to abuses including torture, forced labor and arbitrary detention. © Reuters

PAK YIU, Nikkei staff writer

HONG KONG -- Nearly 50 nations are calling on China to address claims of widespread rights abuses in its western Xinjiang region and for the U.N.'s rights chief to publish a long-delayed report on the allegations.

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