To use this site, please disable the ad blocking feature and reload the page.
This website uses cookies to collect information about your visit for purposes such as showing you personalized ads and content, and analyzing our website traffic. By clicking “Accept all,” you will allow the use of these cookies.
Users accessing this site from EEA countries and UK are unable to view this site without your consent. We apologize for any inconvenience caused.
REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo FILE PHOTO: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet attends an event at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, November 3, 2021.
Reuters
12:52 JST, May 25, 2022
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department said on Tuesday it was a mistake for the United Nations human rights chief to agree to visit China amid concerns that government restrictions on her access could undermine scrutiny of Beijing’s rights record.
State Department spokesman Ned Price made the comment at a regular press briefing, where he also called on China to abolish internment camps in its western Xinjiang region.
During her six-day trip that began on Monday, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet will visit Xinjiang, where her office said last year it believes mostly Muslim ethnic Uyghurs have been unlawfully detained, mistreated and forced to work.
