UN rights chief says China failing to protect Tibetan, Uighur rights

TibetanReview.net, Sep17, 2009

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms Navanethem (Navi) Pillay, has cited “discrimination and the failure to protect minority rights” among the factors that had led to the recent violent events in Chinese ruled Eastern Turkestan and Tibet. Pillay made the comment in an “update report” to the 12th session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), Geneva, on Sep 15 morning. She called lack of democracy a major factor contributing to rights violations.

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Tags: China, Eastern Turkestan, Navi Pillay, rights violations, Tibet, Tibetan Autonomous Region, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Xinjiang Autonomous Region