The UN rights council on Thursday rejected a Western-led motion to hold a debate about human rights abuses in China’s Xinjiang region after a UN report found possible crimes against humanity. The defeat (19 against, 17 for, 11 abstentions) is only the second time in the council’s 16-year history that a motion has been rejected and is seen by observers as a setback to both accountability efforts and the West’s moral authority on human rights. The United States, Canada and the United Kingdom were among the countries that called for the motion. Shameful #HRC51 outcome on human rights situation in…