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Jul
21
2022
By The African Mirror
EXCLUSIVE: China seeks to stop UN rights chief from releasing Xinjiang report – document

EXCLUSIVE: China seeks to stop UN rights chief from releasing Xinjiang report – document

WORLD
EMMA FARGE CHINA is asking the United Nations human rights chief to bury a highly-anticipated report on human rights violations in Xinjiang, according to a Chinese letter seen by Reuters and confirmed by diplomats from three countries who received it. United Nations High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet has faced severe criticism from civil society for being too soft on China during a May visit and has since said she will refrain from seeking a second term for personal reasons. But before she leaves at the end of August, she has pledged to publish a report into the western Chinese region of…
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Dec
06
2021
By The African Mirror
U.N. rights boss Bachelet denounces Suu Kyi conviction in ‘sham trial’

U.N. rights boss Bachelet denounces Suu Kyi conviction in ‘sham trial’

WORLD
STEPHANIE NEBEHAY U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet has denounced a four-year jail term handed down to Myanmar's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi after a "sham trial" and called for her immediate release. The conviction of Suu Kyi "closes yet another door to political dialogue" in Myanmar, where the military took power on Feb. 1, and "will only deepen rejection of the coup", Bachelet said in a statement in Geneva. A court jailed Suu Kyi for four years on Monday on charges of incitement and breaching coronavirus restrictions, said a source in a case that critics described as "farcical".…
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Sep
14
2021
By The African Mirror
Taliban breaking promises including over women, says U.N.

Taliban breaking promises including over women, says U.N.

WORLD
EMMA FARGE  AFGHANISTAN’S Taliban rulers have contradicted public promises on rights including by ordering women to stay at home, blocking teenage girls from school and holding house-to-house searches for former foes, according to a senior United Nations official. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said Afghanistan was in a "new and perilous phase" since the militant Islamist group seized power last month, with many women and members of ethnic and religious communities deeply worried. "In contradiction to assurances that the Taliban would uphold women's rights, over the past three weeks, women have instead been progressively excluded from the public…
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Mar
19
2021
By The African Mirror
U.N. agrees to joint Tigray inquiry

U.N. agrees to joint Tigray inquiry

NEWS
MICHELLE NICHOLS UNITED Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet has agreed to an Ethiopian request for a joint investigation in the country's northern Tigray region, where Bachelet says possible war crimes may have been committed. Fighting between government troops and the region's former ruling party, the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), has killed thousands of people and forced hundreds of thousands from their homes in the mountainous region of about 5 million. The United Nations has raised concerns about atrocities being committed in Tigray, while U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has described acts carried out in the region as…
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