UN Rights Chief to Visit China for First Time Since 2005

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U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet will start her six-day visit on Monday. She will visit Guangzhou, Kashgar and the Xinjiang regional capital of Urumqi. Rights groups and researchers accuse China of locking up more than a million Uyghurs, Kazakhs and members of other minority groups.

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Reuters

UN rights chief to visit China May 23-28

The U.N. Human Rights chief Michelle Bachelet will visit China from May 23 to 28, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Friday. Bachelet will be the first U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights to visit the country since Louise Arbour in 2005.

2 months ago·United Kingdom

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The Guardian

UN human rights commissioner criticised over planned Xinjiang visit

Exclusive: Politicians accuse China of organising a ‘Potemkin-style tour’ for Michelle Bachelet

2 months ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Hindu

United Nations rights chief to visit China 'shortly'

“After years of requesting “meaningful and unfettered” access to China’s far-western Xinjiang region, the UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet is set to begin her visit before the end of this month,” her office said

2 months ago·India

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NDTV

UN Rights Chief To Visit China; Xinjiang Region On Agenda

The United Nations rights chief will begin her long-anticipated visit to China on Monday, her office said Today, including to the Xinjiang region.

2 months ago·New Delhi, India

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Hindustan Times

UN rights chief to visit China on May 23, may stop at Xinjiang amid abuse reports

This is the first time that a UN High Commissioner for Human Rights is visiting China since Louise Arbour’s trip in 2005.

2 months ago·New Delhi, India

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Associated Press News

UN rights chief to visit China next week, travel to Xinjiang

The United Nations’ top human rights official will visit China next week on a trip that will take her to the Xinjiang region, where rights groups and some Western governments

2 months ago·United States

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