{"id":11799,"date":"2012-03-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-13T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/nieuws\/governments-confront-china-at-un-human-rights-council\/"},"modified":"2012-03-14T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-03-13T23:00:00","slug":"governments-confront-china-at-un-human-rights-council","status":"publish","type":"nieuws","link":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/news\/governments-confront-china-at-un-human-rights-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Governments confront China at UN Human Rights Council"},"content":{"rendered":"\nICT, Geneva, March 14, 2012<\/strong>   –   European governments and the United States raised strong concern about Tibet in their statements to the U.N. Human Rights Council yesterday (March 13) as part of the key Item 4 “HR situations that require the Council’s attention.” Chinese delegates at the multilateral forum impose substantial pressure on countries not to raise the situation in Tibet, and deny that there are any human rights abuses in the PRC.\n\nAmong the countries raising serious concerns about the current crisis in Tibet at the UN Human Rights Council (19th session, February 27-March 23) were the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Denmark’s statement, on behalf of the European Union, was supported by 34 countries, including non-EU members Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Iceland, Serbia, Albania and Liechtenstein.\n\nIn addition to voicing criticism and alarm about the violent suppression of Tibetan protests, governments called upon China to take the following actions:\n