{"id":11893,"date":"2013-10-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-21T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/nieuws\/ict-highlights-tibets-lack-of-civil-society-on-the-eve-of-chinas-rights-review-in-geneva\/"},"modified":"2013-10-22T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-10-21T22:00:00","slug":"ict-highlights-tibets-lack-of-civil-society-on-the-eve-of-chinas-rights-review-in-geneva","status":"publish","type":"nieuws","link":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/news\/ict-highlights-tibets-lack-of-civil-society-on-the-eve-of-chinas-rights-review-in-geneva\/","title":{"rendered":"ICT highlights Tibet\u2019s lack of civil society on the eve of China\u2019s rights review in Geneva"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) held a joint side event with the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and Human Rights in China (HRIC) on \u201cChallenges to Civil Society by China\u2019s Security Laws\u201d on the eve of China\u2019s second Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the Human Rights Council in Geneva.<\/p>\n<p>The panel focused on civil society\u2019s role in advancing progress and addressing China\u2019s human rights challenges, as well as the challenges to fundamental rights and freedoms presented by national security laws. Speaking at the event, Kai M\u00fcller, Executive Director of ICT Germany, pointed out the extreme difficulties Tibetans face in order to engage with civil society under Chinese policies. Government authorities tightly restrict phone and internet communications in Tibetan areas, especially where self-immolation protests have occurred. Moreover, M\u00fcller said, \u201cstate security laws have been very often used to persecute politically-engaged Tibetans and that many of the verdicts, which led to the imprisonment of Tibetan citizens, have been imposed on grounds of separatism or \u2018splittism\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>HRIC, represented by Sharon Hom and Shiwei Ye, highlighted the issues of arbitrary detentions of civil society activists pressing for greater transparency and participation, as well as censorship and difficulty accessing information.<\/p>\n<p>The event was chaired by Julie Gromellon, FIDH\u2019s representative in Geneva, and was held in Salle XXV, Palai De Nations. Approximately 60 people attended the event, including representatives of civil society groups, Geneva-based permanent representations, and journalists.<\/p>\n<p>The participants noted the very low degree of participation granted to Chinese activists in the drafting of China\u2019s national UPR report, pointing out that Chinese human rights defenders have been prevented by their government from travelling to Geneva. The panelists also raised concerns over how China sets standards for other countries that it does not apply to itself; during Saudi Arabia\u2019s UPR that morning, China recommended \u201cenhancing the cooperation between the government and Saudi\u2019s civil society.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ICT has issued\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.savetibet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/ICT-analysis-China-UPR-2013.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">an analysis<\/a>\u00a0which finds that China\u2019s report to the Council ignores the wide range of human rights problems in Tibetan areas that have been documented by the UN, the U.S. and other governments. Instead, China\u2019s report resorts to false platitudes, claiming it is \u201cfully respecting freedom of religious belief in ethnic regions in Tibet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Several nations are\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.savetibet.org\/chinas-rights-record-in-tibet-to-be-scrutinized-by-un\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">poised to challenge China\u2019s policies<\/a>\u00a0in Tibet during China\u2019s UPR, which will take place on October 22 from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm (Geneva time). Other states will ask oral questions and submit their recommendations. The review report will be adopted on October 25th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) held a joint side event with the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and Human Rights in China (HRIC) on \u201cChallenges to Civil Society by China\u2019s Security Laws\u201d on the eve of China\u2019s second Universal Periodic Review.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":11894,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categorie":[691,678],"news_tag":[672],"class_list":["post-11893","nieuws","type-nieuws","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categorie-news","categorie-policy-centerunited-nations-and-tibet","news_tag-united-nations-and-tibet"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ICT highlights Tibet\u2019s lack of civil society on the eve of China\u2019s rights review in Geneva - Campaign for Tibet<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/news\/ict-highlights-tibets-lack-of-civil-society-on-the-eve-of-chinas-rights-review-in-geneva\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ICT highlights Tibet\u2019s lack of civil society on the eve of China\u2019s rights review in Geneva - 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