Michelle Bachelet lambasted for failing to condemn Beijing over Uighur detention camps
UN high commissioner for human rights Michelle Bachelet. Picture: REUTERS/DENIS BALIBOUSE
“There are now calls to either abandon the UN Human Rights Commission, or to have her step down immediately,” said the US-based researcher. “I think the Uighurs are feeling profoundly betrayed.” During Bachelet’s China trip — the first by a UN human rights chief to China since 2005 — thousands of seemingly hacked Xinjiang police files provided fresh evidence of alleged Uighur abuse. They documented a shoot-to-kill policy for escapees in the camps, and evidence of people detained for as long as a decade for crimes such as decreased mobile phone usage — a sign of trying to avoid state surveillance.
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