China restricting basic freedoms on pretext of national security, says UN Rights chief


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China restricting basic freedoms on pretext of national security, says UN Rights chief China restricting basic freedoms on pretext of national security, says UN Rights chief 22:03:38hrs Geneva [Switzerland], February 27 (ANI): As China continues its crackdowns on Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang and people of Hong Kong under the draconian National Security Law, United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Friday said that Beijing was restricting basic civil and political freedoms in the name of national security and coronavirus measures. In her address at the 46th session of the Human Rights Council, Bachelet said that activists, lawyers and human...