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Xi Jinping defends China’s human rights record to visiting UN commissioner

Leader warns against using issue as ‘excuse to interfere in internal affairs of other countries’ as Michelle Bachelet goes to Xinjiang

The Guardian - AU

Xi defends China’s record during talks with UN human rights chief

In talks with Michelle Bachelet, president slams countries lecturing others on human rights and ‘politicising’ issue.

Al Jazeera

Uyghurs in Australia scour through thousands of leaked photos from Xinjiang Police Files searching for loved ones

The source of the files claims to have hacked and downloaded the documents from several police computer servers in China's far-western region of Xinjiang, before decrypting and leaking them.

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Chinese leader Xi defends record to UN human rights chief

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has defended China’s record to the top U.N. human rights official, criticizing those countries that he said lecture others on human rights and politicize the issue

The Independent UK

UN rights chief speaks with Xi amid criticism of China trip

Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke on Wednesday via video link with U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, who is on a visit that has drawn criticism from rights groups and which the United States has called a mistake.

Reuters

U.S. calls U.N. rights chief's visit to China a mistake

It was a mistake for the United Nations human rights chief to agree to visit China, the U.S. State Department said on Tuesday, amid concerns that government restrictions on her access could undermine scrutiny of Beijing's rights record.

Reuters

Xinjiang leak reveals extent of Chinese abuses in Uighur camps

A leak of thousands of photographs reveals more details about the internment of Uighurs, but China calls it ‘lies’.

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Thousands of detained Uyghurs pictured in leaked Xinjiang police files

Documents detailing shoot-to-kill policy for people who try to escape published as UN human rights chief visits region

The Guardian - UK

Beijing hopes UN human rights chief's visit will 'clarify misinformation' on China's human rights record

China's Foreign Minister tells the UN's top human rights officialhe hopes her visit will "clarify misinformation" on China's human rights record.

ABC News

UN Envoy's Access to China's Xinjiang under Scrutiny as Trip Begins

China has called a mission by the UN rights chief a chance to "clarify misinformation" ahead of her visit on Tuesday to Xinjiang as Uyghurs warned a public relations stunt may lie in wait. The ruling Communist Party is accused of detaining over one million Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Wang meets top UN rights official as she opens Xinjiang trip

China says its foreign minister met with the U.N.’s top human rights official on her visit to the country and shared with her that China opposes “politicizing” human rights and imposing double standards

The Independent UK

What will the UN see as it finally visits China’s Xinjiang?

Human rights chief Michelle Bachelet has demanded ‘unfettered’ access for years, but experts doubt she will get it.

Al Jazeera

UN human rights chief starts controversial visit to China and Xinjiang

The UN human rights commissioner began a six-day trip to China on Monday. She will visit the remote Xinjiang region, stirring fears about the propaganda value of the visit to the Chinese Communist Party.

Radio France Internationale

UN rights chief’s visit to China will be held in ‘closed loop’, Beijing says

Michelle Bachelet begins trip amid fears that authorities will use Covid restrictions as cover to limit her access

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Reuters

U.N. Rights chief's visit to China will be in 'closed-loop' with no travelling media, says China

China said on Monday that the U.N. rights chief's visit will be conducted in a "closed-loop", referring to the Chinese model of isolating people within a "bubble" to contain any COVID-19 virus from spreading.

The Independent UK

Xinjiang in focus as UN rights chief arrives for China visit

Allegations of human rights abuses in China’s northwestern Xinjiang region will dominate a visit by the United Nations’ top rights official that starts Monday

Reuters

U.N. Human Rights chief kicks off high-stakes visit to China, Beijing cites COVID in limiting access

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet arrived in China on Monday, kicking off the first trip by a holder of the office since 2005 amid concerns that it could lead to an endorsement rather than scrutiny of China's rights record.

Asharq Al-Awsat

China's Xinjiang Crackdown Under Scrutiny Ahead of UN Rights Chief Visit

China's crackdown on Muslim minorities in the remote region of Xinjiang will return to the spotlight next week when Beijing hosts the United Nations human rights chief for the first time in nearly two decades. The highly scrutinized six-day trip by High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet will begin Monday, with stops…

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Al Jazeera

UN rights chief to make landmark trip to China’s Xinjiang region

Michelle Bachelet’s visit marks the first trip to China by a UN human rights commissioner since 2005.

Reuters

U.S. concerned about possible restrictions faced by U.N. rights chief in China

The United States is "deeply concerned" about an upcoming visit to China by U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet based on its understanding of the restrictions she will be subjected to there, the State Department said on Friday.

The Guardian - UK

UN human rights commissioner criticised over planned Xinjiang visit

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

The Independent UK

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 allege the Chinese government is committing genocide and serious abuses against Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities

Reuters

UN rights chief to visit China for first time since 2005

U.N. Human Rights chief Michelle Bachelet will visit China next week, the foreign ministry said on Friday, making the first such visit since 2005 and prompting fears among Western rights groups that it will be seen as an endorsement of China's rights record.

The Guardian - UK

Israel will not hold criminal inquiry into killing of journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh

Military police say they are satisfied with assurances of Israeli troops over death of US-Palestinian despite international demands

Axios

UN Human Rights Council votes to start war crimes probe in Kyiv

33 countries voted in favor and only two, China and Eritrea, voted against.

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