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Xinjiang under scrutiny ahead of Bachelet visit
By Agence France-Presse
May 23, 2022 12:21 am

BEIJING: 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 on Monday, with stops in the cities of Urumqi and Kashgar in Xinjiang, as well as Guangzhou in southern China, the United Nations announced on Friday.

VISITING XINJIANG In this file photo taken on Sept. 13, 2021, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet delivers her speech at the opening of a session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres told leaders in Beijing he expects them to allow Bachelet to make a ‘credible’ visit to China, including a stop in the troubled Xinjiang region, his spokesman said on Feb. 5, 2022. AFP PHOTO

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