16. Sep 2009
UN Human Rights Chief Urges China to Respect Human Rights in Tibet
(Tibetcustom) Expressing concern over the recent events in Tibet and East Turkestan (Chin: Xinjiang), Ms Navanethem Pillay, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights called on the Chinese government to examine the underlying causes of the incidents, highlighting "discrimination and the failure to protect minority rights by the Chinese authorities". During a keynote address to the members of the Human Rights Council at the 12th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva. "While condemning such violence and urging the Chinese authorities to respect human rights in upholding the law, I also encourage them to reflect on the underlying causes of such incidents, which include discrimination and the failure to protect minority rights", Pillay added.