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[Jackdaws]

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

Michelle Bachelet says she was supervised by China officials throughout six-day visit that critics have called a propaganda coup for Beijing

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[Mehmed Ali]

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

Michelle Bachelet says she was supervised by China officials throughout six-day visit that critics have called a propaganda coup for Beijing

www.theguardian.com

Oh you care for Uygurs? It is so moving, please stop you will make me cry

 

[Heartbang]

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

Michelle Bachelet says she was supervised by China officials throughout six-day visit that critics have called a propaganda coup for Beijing

www.theguardian.com

this isnt news, if she was allowed to, that would be the news.

 

[Manomed]

We should just take Uyghurs into Türkiye and settle them in places where non Turks are high population.

 

[Heartbang]

We should just take Uyghurs into Türkiye and settle them in places where non Turks are high population.

thats for the short term. in the long term we the Turks should roll in to Urumqi and take over the whole territory.

 

[GoatsMilk]

thats for the short term. in the long term we the Turks should roll in to Urumqi and take over the whole territory.

Under erdogan we cant even roll into Syria to crush the pkk terrorists.

 

[Heartbang]

Under erdogan we cant even roll into Syria to crush the pkk terrorists.

thats why i said long term bruv

 

[Jackdaws]

Oh you care for Uygurs? It is so moving, please stop you will make me cry

Is that sarcasm?

 

[Jagdflieger]

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.

No Mention of Uyghur ‘Genocide’ After UN Human Rights Commissioner Visits Xinjiang​

The visit to China, Bachelet has emphasized, was not an investigation. However, Bachelet confirmed that her trip did include numerous meetings with people from various sectors of Xinjiang autonomous region. She visited and spoke with prisoners and with former trainees from the vocational education and training centers. These meetings, she stated, were organized by her delegation independently of the government of China.

All these meetings were “unsupervised and [they were] organized by us,” said the high commissioner at a press conference. The purpose of the trip was to hold a direct discussion with the government of the People’s Republic of China, said Bachelet, in order to share each party’s concerns and explore the path towards “more regular and meaningful interactions in the future.”

Following her trip, Bachelet also took the time to praise China’s success fighting poverty. The People’s Republic has lifted 800 million citizens out of poverty in the last 40 years, according to a report issued by the Washington, DC-based World Bank. In addition, Bachelet commended China for its success passing legislation to defend the rights of women, and for the Asian giant’s support of the United Nations sustainable development goals.

Quote: I visited Kashgar prison and the Kashgar Experimental School, a former Vocational Education and Training Centre (VETC), among other places.
Quote: Violent acts of extremism have a terrible, serious impact on the lives of victims, including those tasked to protect the community. But it is critical that counter-terrorism responses do not result in human rights violations. tell that to Turkey and a hundred other countries as well.

Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet after official visit to China

Read the statement in Chinese Good evening and thank you all for joining me here today. This press conference has to be virtual, given the COVID-19 restrictions in place. But I hope this means that those of you who may otherwise not have been able to travel here from different parts of China...

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