UN rights chief to visit Xinjiang as groups press for report

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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet says she will travel to China in May. The trip will include meetings with officials, as well as a visit to the western Xinjiang province. Rights groups say China is abusing and indoctrinating Uyghurs in Xinjiang, which Beijing has called 'reeducation'

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News18 India

UN Rights Chief to Visit Xinjiang in May as Groups Press for Report

Human rights groups and others have focused much of their criticism on what they call detention centers set up by the Chinese government for Uyghurs and others in the region.

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Reuters

U.N. rights boss to visit China in May, including Xinjiang, but activists demand report

U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Tuesday that she has reached an agreement with China for a visit, "foreseen" in May, and that she had raised with Beijing the arrests of activists to support their freedom of expression.

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The Guardian

UN human rights chief to visit China, including Xinjiang, in May

Michelle Bachelet’s announcement comes as 192 groups call for release of long-postponed report into region

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Associated Press News

UN rights chief to visit Xinjiang as groups press for report

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