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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says his country "remain deeply concerned about PRC human rights violations", after a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing. IMAGES
The United States voices horror at new files on incarceration of China's Uyghur minority. "We are appalled by the reports and the jarring images," State Department spokesman Ned Price tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
The EU asks China to grant independent observers access to its Xinjiang region, where Beijing is accused of orchestrating widespread rights abuses against the region's Muslim Uighur population. SOUNDBITE of Charles Michel
Several hundred demonstrators, many flying Tibetan flags, gather in Paris's "Place de la République" to protest against Xi Jinping's visit to France. The Chinese president is being received by his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron for a two-day state visit as part of his first European tour since 2019. IMAGES
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet announces in a video message to the Human Rights Council that she will visit China in May. SOUNDBITE
Tibetan protesters gather in New Delhi to protest against the Beijing Winter Olympics, which are due to open on Friday night. Chinese President Xi Jinping, who will announce the Games are officially open, will be joined by leaders including his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, but the United States, Britain, Canada and Australia are among countries staging a diplomatic boycott over China's human rights record. IMAGES
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