• U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet attends a virtual meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, in Guangzhou on Wednesday. Bachelet's long-planned trip to China took her to Xinjiang, where Beijing is accused of imprisoning over 1 million Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities, forced sterilization of women and running labor camps which fuel global supply chains. | AFP-JIJI
    U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet attends a virtual meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, in Guangzhou on Wednesday. Bachelet's long-planned trip to China took her to Xinjiang, where Beijing is accused of imprisoning over 1 million Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities, forced sterilization of women and running labor camps which fuel global supply chains. | AFP-JIJI

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Beijing – The U.N. rights envoy has defended her contentious visit to China, but urged authorities to avoid “arbitrary and indiscriminate” measures in Xinjiang, a region where Beijing is accused of widespread human rights abuses.

Michelle Bachelet’s remarks on Saturday were swiftly criticized by activists and NGOs, who accused her of providing Beijing with a major propaganda win.

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