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China says UN human rights chief can visit Xinjiang ‘after Olympics’




China has agreed to host a visit to Xinjiang by UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet “in the first half of the year after the Beijing Winter Olympics”, according to a people familiar with the situation.The UN’s top human rights official has been negotiating with Beijing since September 2018 for a visit to Xinjiang, where some 1 million Uygurs are alleged to have been held in mass detention camps.Sources said Bachelet recently secured Beijing’s approval for a visit to the region sometime after the…



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