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The Republic of China has urged the United Nations to respect its sovereignty after UN’s human rights chief highlighted “deeply disturbing” allegations of mass detentions of Muslim Uighur minorities in Xinjiang.

Michelle Bachelet, the High Commissioner for Human Rights decried the treatment dished out to the Uighur community in China during her first remarks as head of the UN rights watchdog in Geneva, Switzerland.

Reacting to Bachelet’s comments, China’s foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said on Tuesday that she should “scrupulously abide by the mission and principles of the UN charter”.

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Geng added she should “respect China’s sovereignty, fairly and objectively”, and “not listen to one-sided information” while carrying out her duties.

China said tough security measures in Xinjiang were necessary to combat “extremism and terrorism” but added it did not target specific ethnic groups or restrict religious freedoms.

Xinjiang is home to at least eight million Muslim Uighurs.

 

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