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Helen Davidson in Taipei

UN human rights chief could not speak to detained Uyghurs or families during Xinjiang visit

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet
United Nations human rights commissioner Michelle Bachelet said there were limitations on her visit to Xinjiang, China. Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images

Michelle Bachelet has said wasn’t able to speak to any detained Uyghurs or their families during her controversial visit to Xinjiang, and was accompanied by government officials while in the region.

The UN human rights chief, who this week announced she would not be seeking another term, told a session of the 50th Human Rights Council in Geneva that there were limitations on her visit to the region in China, where authorities have been accused of committing crimes against humanity and genocide against the Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities.

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