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May 25, 2022

U.N. Human Rights Chief to Visit Xinjiang; Hacked Chinese Police Documents on Uyghurs Published
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United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet is on a six-day trip
to China. Her visit will include time in the Xinjiang region, where
China has been accused of the mass imprisonment and torture of Uyghurs
and other Muslims. On Tuesday, a coalition of news outlets published a
series of articles based on internal Chinese police documents obtained
by hackers. The trove of documents include thousands of photographs of
detained Uyghurs, as well as details about a shoot-to-kill policy
targeting anyone who tried to leave the detention camps.


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