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GENEVA (REUTERS) - The outgoing UN human rights chief said in a report on Wednesday that serious human rights violations have been committed in Xinjiang, China in the context of the government's application of counter-terrorism and counter-"extremism" strategies. "The extent of arbitrary and discriminatory detention of members of Uighur and other predominantly Muslim groups, pursuant to law and policy, in context of restrictions and deprivation more generally of fundamental rights enjoyed individually and collectively, may constitute international crimes, in particular crimes against humanity," the report said. United Nations High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet, whose four-year term ends this week, has faced...
