Activists say UN rights chief’s China trip whitewashed abuse

Bloomberg

The United Nations’ human rights chief should resign for failing to condemn China after visiting its remote Xinjiang region where the US accuses Beijing of genocide, according to one prominent scholar.
Adrian Zenz, senior fellow in China studies at the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, told Bloomberg TV that he considered Michelle Bachelet’s trip to China’s far western region “a disaster.”
“There are now calls to either abandon the UN Human Rights Commission, or to have her step down immediately,” said the US-based researcher. “I think the Uyghurs are feeling profoundly betrayed.”
Bachelet said she’d encouraged Beijing to review its counterterrorism policies to ensure they complied with international human rights standards at a news conference marking the end of her six-day tour.