China has urged U.N. member states not to attend the virtual
event, planned by Germany, the United States and Britain.
"The U.S. has banded up with several countries, abused the
United Nations' resources and platform, and smeared and attacked
China to serve it's own interests," she said at a daily news
conference in Beijing.
"This is total blasphemy against the United Nations," she said.
China has said the organizers of the virtual U.N. event, which
is due to be held Wednesday, use "human rights issues as a
political tool to interfere in China's internal affairs".
Some Western states and rights groups have accused authorities
in Xinjiang of detaining and torturing Uyghurs in camps, which
the United States has described as genocide. In January,
Washington banned the import of cotton and tomato products from
Xinjiang over allegations of forced labour.
Beijing denies the accusations and describes the camps as
vocational training centres to combat religious extremism.
(Reporting by David Kirton; Writing by Gabriel Crossley and
David Kirton; Editing by Alex Richardson)
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