UN Not Sure When Report On China's Xinjiang Will Be Published
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Beijing has been accused of carrying out forced sterilisation of women and drafting minorities into forced labour in Xinjiang.
The UN human rights chief said Thursday that it remained unclear whether a long-delayed report on China's Xinjiang region will be published before she steps down next week.
"I had fully intended for it to be released before the end of my mandate, and we ... have received substantial input from the government that we will need to carefully review," Michelle Bachelet told reporters.
Bachelet said nearly a year ago that her office was finalising a report on the rights situation in the Xinjiang region, where Beijing stands accused of detaining more than one million Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities -- charges it vehemently denies.
But the report has been repeatedly delayed, to the growing outrage of rights groups.
