UN RIGHTS CHIEF ATTACKS WORLD POWERS

GENEVA : BACHELET expresses concern over abuses in several countries.

UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet called on China on Monday to allow in monitors after    'deeply disturbing''  allegations of  large  re-education camps in which Uighurs  are detained in Xinjiang province.

Her appeal for access came as Human Rights Watch reported that the Turkic, mostly Muslim Uighur minority in Xinjiang face arbitrary detentions, daily restriction on religious practice and ''forced political indoctrination'' in a mass security crackdown.

A UN right panel said last month it had received credible reports that up to one million Uighurs may be held in extra-legal detention in the far western province of China, and called for them to be freed.

China has rejected the allegations of internment camps and accused ''external factors'' of causing turbulence in the restive region.

Countries are due to respond to her speech on Tuesday.

Bachelet also urged the Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen to show greater transparency in its rule of engagement and hold to account perpetrators of air strikes on civilians, including one that hit a bus killing dozens of children in Saada last month.

''I will be closely watching and following what steps are taken to hold the perpetrators accountable and provide remedy to the victims.'' she said. [Reuters]