Activists keep focus on Xinjiang access as UN rights chief preps for China tour
The planned visit to China by the United Nations high commissioner for human rights should meet minimum standards to be considered credible, several rights grou
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The planned visit to China by the United Nations high commissioner for human rights should meet minimum standards to be considered credible, several rights grou
Uyghur survivors from Chinese internment camps rallied outside the United Nations office in Geneva last April 25 to get an audience with the UN Human Rights High Commissioner, Michelle Bachelet.
Rights groups are pressing the UN to release an overdue report on Xinjiang and to press for meaningful access.
The sniping began when US Amb. Linda Thomas-Greenfield called for the issuance of a report on abuses in Xinjiang.
Abuses range from arbitrary detention and torture to restrictions on freedoms and the prosecution of critics.