UN rights chief says Xinjiang meetings during China trip were 'unsupervised'


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United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Saturday said her six-day visit to China was "not an investigation" and meetings in Xinjiang were 'unsupervised' by the authorities. Bachelet said she spoke with "candour" during her official meetings. She further said she had appealed to the Chinese authorities to prioritise provision of information to families who lost contact with their loved ones in Xinjiang. She added that she had urged Beijing against 'arbitrary and indiscriminate' measures in the region. Beijing is accused of imprisoning over one million Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities, forced sterlisation of women and running labour camps...