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| U.N. Rights Official Faults China on Tibetan Suppression | U.N. Rights Official Faults China on Tibetan Suppression |
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| GENEVA — The top human rights official of the United Nations took China to task on Friday over suppression of Tibetans’ rights that she said had driven them to “desperate forms of protest,” referring to the dozens of self-immolations by Tibetans protesting Chinese rule that have been reported since 2011, including at least five in recent weeks. | |
| Navi Pillay, the high commissioner for human rights, said in a statement that she was disturbed by reports of detentions, disappearances and the excessive use of force against peaceful demonstrators, as well as curbs on Tibetans’ cultural rights. Ms. Pillay said “serious concerns” had been raised over the alleged torture and ill-treatment of detainees and about the standard of their trials. | Navi Pillay, the high commissioner for human rights, said in a statement that she was disturbed by reports of detentions, disappearances and the excessive use of force against peaceful demonstrators, as well as curbs on Tibetans’ cultural rights. Ms. Pillay said “serious concerns” had been raised over the alleged torture and ill-treatment of detainees and about the standard of their trials. |
| Ms. Pillay said she had had “several exchanges” with the Chinese government on the issue, and her rare public criticism of Beijing’s conduct on human rights appeared to reflect a measure of frustration. | Ms. Pillay said she had had “several exchanges” with the Chinese government on the issue, and her rare public criticism of Beijing’s conduct on human rights appeared to reflect a measure of frustration. |
| “We felt the time had come to talk publicly about that,” a spokesman for Ms. Pillay, Rupert Colville, said Friday in Geneva. Self-immolations are evidence of how serious the situation in Tibet has become, Mr. Colville said, and “we don’t see any visible signs of progress.” | |
| “More needs to be done to protect human rights and prevent violations,” Ms. Pillay said in the statement, urging China to release Tibetans who had been detained merely for exercising such fundamental rights as freedom of expression, association and religion. “Social stability in Tibet will never be achieved through heavy security measures and suppression of human rights,” Ms. Pillay said. | “More needs to be done to protect human rights and prevent violations,” Ms. Pillay said in the statement, urging China to release Tibetans who had been detained merely for exercising such fundamental rights as freedom of expression, association and religion. “Social stability in Tibet will never be achieved through heavy security measures and suppression of human rights,” Ms. Pillay said. |
| She said that China had pledged to step up cooperation with the United Nations on human rights, but said there were 12 outstanding requests to visit China by United Nations special investigators on various issues. | She said that China had pledged to step up cooperation with the United Nations on human rights, but said there were 12 outstanding requests to visit China by United Nations special investigators on various issues. |