China blasts UN report on Xinjiang

BEIJING: China firmly opposed the UN High Commissioner's erroneous remarks on China's domestic affairs on its Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and Hong Kong Administrative Region and urged the High Commissioner to refrain from interfering in China's sovereignty and judicial independence, spokesperson for the Chinese Mission to the United Nations Office at Geneva said in response to the remarks made by Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.

On Monday when the 47th session of the Human Rights Council started, Bachelet, also issued a statement, in which she mentioned topics on China's Hong Kong and Xinjiang and claimed they have been closely monitoring the application of the National Security Law in Hong Kong and "the chilling impact" it had on the civic and democratic space.