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Uyghurs urge UN rights chief to ask hard questions in Xinjiang
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BEIJING, 24 May 2022, (TON): Uyghurs have urged UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet to avoid falling victim to a public relations stunt as her trip to China enters a delicate new phase with a visit to the remote Xinjiang region.
The ruling Communist Party is accused of detaining over one million Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in the far-western region as part of a years-long security crackdown the United States has labelled a genocide.
China vehemently denies the allegations, calling them the lie of the century.
Bachelet is expected to visit the Xinjiang cities Urumqi and Kashgar on Tuesday and Wednesday as part of a six-day tour.
Jevlan Shirememet said “I hope she can also ask the Chinese government for the whereabouts of my mother.”
He added that he had not been able to contact her in four years.
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