China wields COVID-19 to neuter UN human rights trip to Xinjiang


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The United Nations' human rights chief landed in China to begin an inquiry into abuses against Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang on Monday, but Chinese authorities are severely limiting the trip with COVID-19 measures. Human rights high commissioner Michelle Bachelet attempted to temper expectations prior to her arrival on Monday, saying the trip was not an "investigation." Bachelet will visit two locations within the Xinjiang region, where China's human rights abuses against Uyghurs have been widely documented. She has agreed to stay within a "closed loop" of individuals set up by Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials in Beijing, however. CCP officials...