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EU welcomes UN report on China's human rights abuse
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], September 1 (ANI): EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell welcomed on Thursday a UN report on what it said was a "rigorous review" of evidence suggesting systemic abuse of Muslim minorities in China.
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China slams UN report on Xinjiang and calls it 'farce'
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 1 (ANI): China on Thursday slammed the UN human rights office over a report that found Beijing's crackdown on ethnic minorities in Xinjiang and called the finding a "farce".
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Serious human rights violations in Xinjiang by China: UN report
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 1 (ANI): A report published by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Wednesday stated that China has committed "serious human rights violations" against the Uyghur and "other predominantly Muslim communities" in Xinjiang Uyghur
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UN rights chief to publish Xinjiang report today despite China's protest
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 31 (ANI): UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet is set to release the long-awaited report on rights abuses in China's Xinjiang province on Wednesday, media reports said.
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Uncertain legacy of UN Rights chief's on Tibet issue
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Lhasa [Tibet], August 31 (ANI): Head of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet is set to step down after her term ends on August 31st, however, her silence over Tibet issues throughout the four years of her term as OHCHR is termed as uncertain and inconseque
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UN rights chief slams Israel's failure to grant visas for staff in West Ba
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 30 (ANI/Sputnik): UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday denounced Israel's refusal to issue or extend visas for UN staff to monitor the human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territory.
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Michelle Bachelet signals delay in report on human rights abuses in China'
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 26 (ANI): UN rights human chief Michelle Bachelet has signalled that she might not release a long-awaited report on human rights abuses in China's far western region of Xinjiang before she leaves office next week, as she had promised.
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UN rights chief discusses Rohingya issue with civil society members in Ban
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], August 17 (ANI): UN rights human chief Michelle Bachelet met with a host of officials, civil society representatives and Rohingya refugees on Tuesday.
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UN Human Rights Chief to visit Bangladesh from August 14-17
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 12 (ANI): UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet will conduct an official visit to Bangladesh Sunday, 14 August, upon the invitation of the Government, the UN Office of the high commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said on Friday.
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UN rights chief expresses alarm at killing of Palestinian children
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], August 11 (ANI): Almost 40 Palestinian children have been killed so far this year in the occupied territories and in many incidents in Palestine by Israeli forces, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said in a statement.
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China invites Turkey to visit Xinjiang after Bachelet's failed investigati
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 7 (ANI): Two months after the UN Human Rights chief Michelle Bachelet visited Xinjiang in China with reports that Bachelet's visit was tampered with and that she was not allowed to speak on detainment of Uyghurs, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is now inviting Turkey
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China's information operations silencing, influencing global audiences on
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Hong Kong, August 2 (ANI): China is using information operations in silencing and influencing global audiences on Xinjiang as they have a good record of conducting these operations, both within and outside China to silence critics of actions taken by the Communist Party of China (CPC).
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