中国対応「国際社会から異論」　人権弁務官のウイグル視察―松野官房長官

　松野博一官房長官は３０日の記者会見で、バチェレ国連人権高等弁務官の中国・新疆ウイグル自治区視察に関し、「移動の自由や関連施設へのアクセス、監視のない形での接触が十分認められたのか、重大な人権侵害の疑念を晴らすものだったか、国際社会から異論が多く出ている」と指摘した。その上で、中国に対して「独立したオブザーバーが現地に自由にアクセスできるようにすること、透明性のある説明を含め前向きで具体的な行動を取ることを強く求める」と強調した。（2022/05/30-11:56）

Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said Monday that the way China handled a visit to the Xinjiang Uighur autonomous region by U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has raised doubts in the international community.
   Many within the global community are skeptical about whether China allowed Bachelet freedom of movement, access to related facilities and interactions with locals without surveillance by Chinese authorities, as well as whether the trip was enough to clear suspicions of serious human rights violations in the region by the Chinese government, Matsuno, Japan's top government spokesman, told a press conference.
   He said that Japan "strongly urges" China to grant free access to the region by third-party observers and to take forward-thinking and concrete actions, including providing transparent explanations over the human rights situation in the region.
   After Western countries and human rights groups made allegations of forced labor and other forms of human rights abuse in the Xinjiang Uighur autonomous region by China, Bachelet arrived in the country on May 23 to visit the region. The Chinese side, which has denied such allegations, claimed that Bachelet's visit to the region was not for conducting an investigation but for promoting exchanges and cooperation.
   The U.S. government, among many others, had voiced skepticism over whether Bachelet was able to make an impartial assessment of the human rights situation in the region.