Canada introduced on 22 June 2021 at the UN Human Rights Council a "Joint Statement on the Human Rights Situation in Xinjiang." It expressed grave concern about the situation in Xinjiang and commented on the deterioration of fundamental freedoms in Hong Kong and human rights situation in Tibet.
Forty-four countries, mostly European, a few Latin American and Pacific Island nations, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Israel, and the US signed the statement. Not a single country in Africa signed.
