China Claims UN Criticism Of Human Rights, Xinjiang Muslim Camps Are `Politically Driven`
(WorldNews North Korea)

Beijing defended its human rights record after the United Nations released its first assessment of the country since 2013 which criticized the mass detention of human rights lawyers and activists and the continued use of internment camps in the Xinjiang region on Tuesday, according to The Guardian. China said the UN Human Rights Council`s universal periodic review disregarded the `remarkable achievements made by China.` UN member states disagreed, particularly due to China`s policies in Xinjiang and Tibet and its abuse of human rights defenders while calling on Bejing to release the detained Uighurs and other Muslim minorities, cease the harassment of human rights lawyers, and allow...