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Chinese embassy accuses UK of 'malicious slander' over Xinjiang
CGTN

China has accused the UK of attempting to divert attention from its human rights failures by spreading "malicious slander" about the situation in Xinjiang.

British foreign minister Liz Truss had earlier cited a BBC report as providing new evidence of human rights violations against Uighur Muslims in the region.

However a statement from China's embassy in London stated that "British politicians have no qualifications and no right to point fingers and issue orders to the Chinese government."

Beijing's policies have ensured improvement in people's lives as well as economic development and stability in the westerly region, the statement said.

The BBC's report was based on information from 2017 and 2018 purportedly hacked from police computers by an anonymous activist. The broadcaster said it had been able to authenticate some information by speaking to Uyghurs living abroad and other techniques and concluded that thousands of Muslims in one area had been detained arbitrarily and against their will.

Beijing has always denied such claims, saying that they are propagated by anti-China elements. 

"The Chinese government's policy of governing Xinjiang has been wholeheartedly supported by people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang and fully affirmed by the international community," the embassy's statement said.

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet is visiting Xinjiang to see the situation at first hand.

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