{"id":12425,"date":"2020-04-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-05T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/nieuws\/blow-for-global-human-rights-system-china-appointed-to-important-un-human-rights-panel\/"},"modified":"2020-04-06T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-05T22:00:00","slug":"blow-for-global-human-rights-system-china-appointed-to-important-un-human-rights-panel","status":"publish","type":"nieuws","link":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/news\/blow-for-global-human-rights-system-china-appointed-to-important-un-human-rights-panel\/","title":{"rendered":"Blow for global human rights system \u2013 China appointed to important UN human rights panel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>ICT statement:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The International Campaign for Tibet is concerned about the recent \nappointment of Chinese minister Jiang Duan to the Consultative Group of \nthe UN Human Rights Council, which will give China significant leverage \nover the selection of UN independent human rights experts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China has demonstrated a hostile attitude toward the universality and\n interdependence of international human rights standards for Tibetans, \nUyghurs and the Chinese people themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Having annexed Tibet more than 60 years ago,  the Chinese government has turned the formerly independent country into  a police state under total control and surveillance with repression of  any form of dissent or criticism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To provide just a few examples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>China has refused to allow the Dalai Lama  to return home to Tibet since forcing him into exile in 1959. The  Chinese government also arrests and punishes Tibetans simply for owning  photos of the Dalai Lama or <a href=\"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/elderly-tibetan-and-son-detained-for-listening-to-dalai-lama\/\">watching videos of his teachings.<\/a><\/li><li>Tibetan human rights defender Tashi Wangchuk was <a href=\"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/tibetan-language-rights-advocate-tashi-wangchuk-sentenced-to-five-years-in-prison\/\">sentenced to five years in prison<\/a> for peacefully advocating for Tibetans\u2019 right to study their own language, adding to the large number of political prisoners in Tibet. Translated court documents later showed <a href=\"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/translated-court-documents-expose-chinas-sham-prosecution-of-tibetan-language-rights-advocate-tashi-wangchuk-raise-fears-about-use-of-torture\/\">Tashi Wangchuk\u2019s prosecution to be a sham.<\/a><\/li><li>The Panchen Lama,  one of the most important leaders in Tibetan Buddhism, has been missing  since Chinese forces abducted him in 1995, when he was <a href=\"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/as-panchen-lama-turns-30-china-must-release-him-and-stop-interfering-in-tibetan-religious-freedom\/\">just six years old.<\/a>  UN bodies have persistently called for access to the \u201cdisappeared\u201d  Panchen Lama, but the Chinese government continues to deny them.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the UN Human Rights Council, China obstructs civil society \nparticipation and makes a mockery out of established human rights \nmechanisms, such as the Universal Periodic Review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Chinese government has repeatedly denied access to Tibet for the very same UN experts it will now get to decide on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ICT believes China\u2019s membership in the Consultative Group is a severe\n blow to the credibility of the international human rights system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The International Campaign for Tibet is concerned about the recent  appointment of Chinese minister Jiang Duan to the Consultative Group of  the UN Human Rights Council, which will give China significant leverage  over the selection of UN independent human rights experts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":11592,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categorie":[666,678],"news_tag":[672],"class_list":["post-12425","nieuws","type-nieuws","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categorie-newsinternational-political-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 - 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