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High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay

China: UN deeply concerned by conviction of human rights activist

26 December 2011
The United Nations human rights chief voiced today her deep concern about the verdict and extremely harsh sentencing in the trial of leading activist Chen Wei, adding that it represents a serious setback for the protection and promotion of human rights in China.
Photo: Andrew Bardwell
Andrew Bardwell

UN experts denounce ongoing detention of Chinese human rights lawyer

23 December 2011
A group of independent United Nations experts today denounced the continued secret detention of Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, who was arrested in 2006 for allegedly spotlighting abuses in his country.
Rupert Colville, spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).
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China: UN human rights office voices concern over jail term for lawyer

20 December 2011
Human Rights

The United Nations human rights office expressed concern today at reports that a Chinese court has replaced the period of probation given to a human rights lawyer with a three-year prison sentence, saying the move is indicative of a trend of secret detentions in the Asian nation.

Qiqushan-Temple, Sichuan, China.
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UN experts warn of severe restrictions on Tibetan monasteries in China

1 November 2011
A group of United Nations experts today voiced grave concern over reports of severe human rights restrictions on Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in China’s Sichuan province, including intimidation, security raids and surveillance of the sites and religious activities.
Praying in the mountains of Tibet (file photo)

UN rights group asks China to report on missing monks and stop ‘disappearances’

8 June 2011
An independent United Nations human rights group today called on Chinese authorities to report on the fate of some 300 Tibetan monks who reportedly were arrested in April, and to investigate “the ongoing practice of enforced disappearances” in the Asian country.
Jeremy Sarkin, chairman of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances [file photo]

Wave of enforced disappearances in China sparks concern from UN rights experts

8 April 2011
A group of United Nations human rights experts today voiced serious concern about the recent wave of enforced disappearances reported to have taken place in China, calling on authorities in the Asian nation to release all those who have been forcibly disappeared.
High Commissioner Navi Pillay

UN rights chief speaks out against ‘extremely harsh’ sentence given to Chinese activist

25 March 2011
The United Nations human rights chief today voiced deep concern about the 10-year prison sentence handed down to Chinese activist Liu Xianbin for writing articles calling for democratic reforms.

Winter drought threatens wheat harvest in north China plain as prices soar – UN

8 February 2011
A drought in the north China plain, the country’s winter wheat production region, could lead to a reduced harvest, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned today, saying concern over the water shortage has caused wheat prices in the country to rise rapidly over the past few months.