GENEVA, May 20 — The UN rights chief will travel to China's Xinjiang region next week for a visit under intense international scrutiny after demands for her to call out...
The UN rights chief will travel to China's Xinjiang region next week for a visit under intense international scrutiny after demands for her to call out abuses against its Uyghur minority.
The visit comes as rights groups pile pressure on her office to release a long-postponed report on the situation in the region. Beijing has vociferously denied the allegations, calling them the"lie of the century" and arguing that its policies have countered extremism and improved livelihoods.Bachelet will meet"a number of high-level officials at the national and local levels", her office said Friday, adding that she would"also meet with civil society organisations, business representatives, academics, and deliver a lecture to students at Guangzhou University.
They have voiced concern that Chinese authorities, who have always insisted they were only interested in a"friendly visit", could manipulate the trip.
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