Her visit had already been criticized for failing to secure guarantees of unfettered access to Xinjiang. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at a news conference at the US Department of State in Washington on Friday. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet speaks at an event at the UN in Geneva, Switzerland, on Nov. 3 last year. Her comments were quickly criticized by human rights advocates on social media. “It is absolutely stunning,” Adrian Zenz, senior fellow in China studies at the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, told Bloomberg News of the remarks.
