UN rights boss exhorts Hong Kong to consult widely on extradition bill

High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet speaks during a press conference in Caracas on June 21, 2019. Picture: CRISTIAN HERNANDEZ / AFP

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam suspended the bill, which would allow criminal suspects in the former British colony to be extradited to mainland China for trial, but some activists are calling on her to axe it altogether. UN experts say about a million ethnic Uighurs and other Muslims are held in detention centres in Xinjiang. China has been condemned internationally for setting up the detention complexes, which it describes as “education training centres” helping to stamp out extremism and give people new skills.

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