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China defends its human rights record at UN meeting
Voice of America
FILE - A Uyghur woman works while children play in Hotan, in western China's Xinjiang region, Sept 20, 2018. China faced international criticism about its human rights record, mainly on its treatment of Uyghurs, Thursday at a United Nations Human Rights Council session in Geneva.
China faced international criticism about its human rights record Thursday at a United Nations Human Rights Council session in Geneva. Criticism focused mainly on the country's persecution of Uyghurs in Xinjiang.
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FILE - A dog sniffs COVID19 scents during a demonstration while Ukrainian deminers tour the Peace Museum Mine Action in Siem Reap province, northwestern Cambodia, Jan. 20, 2023. Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa, left, with her Cambodia counterpart Sok Chenda Sophea, right, during a meeting in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, July 6, 2024. FILE - Ukrainian deminers view old demining machinery during a tour of the Peace Museum Mine Action in Siem Reap province, northwestern Cambodia, Jan. 20, 2023.
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FILE - Military personnel participates in a parade on Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, March 27, 2021. FILE - Myanmar army soldiers carrying weapons patrol on a road as part of operations against ethnic rebels, in Kokang, northeastern Shan State, more than 800 kilometers (500 miles) northeast of Yangon, Myanmar. FILE - Members of an ethnic armed forces group, known as the Three Brotherhood Alliance, check an army armored vehicle the group allegedly seized from Myanmar's army outpost on a hill in Hsenwi township in Shan state, Nov. 24, 2023.
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