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New UN rights chief vows to engage Beijing on Xinjiang findings

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk attends a news conference in Geneva, Switzerland [Denis Balibouse/Reuters]

United Nations human rights chief Volker Turk says he is determined to engage with China on a damning report published by his predecessor that alleged government mistreatment of the Uighurs and other mostly Muslim groups that may amount to crimes against humanity.

Turk made the comments during a media briefing in Geneva on Friday, referring to the report released by Michelle Bachelet just minutes before her tenure ended earlier this year.

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