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Tibetan Review: China mocks UN rights system with rejections of recommendations
Excerpted from Tibetan Review : Said Sharon Hom, Executive Director of New York-based Human Rights in China (HRIC), "As a test of a state-driven process aimed at advancing human rights among member states through constructive dialogue, consensus decision-making, and cooperation, the Universal...
February 16, 2009
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Infosud: China faces its contradictions in Geneva
Excerpted from Infosud (via Swissinfo) : Circle your adversary rather than launch a frontal attack is the Maoist tactic chosen by Human Rights in China (HRIC), when it came to Geneva to confront one of the world’s biggest powers. The human rights situation in China was submitted for scrutiny on...
February 13, 2009
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RConversation: Obama's America to Hu Jintao's China on human rights: so far, deafening silence
Excerpted from RConversation : The two photos below were taken by Sharon Hom of Human Rights in China around 10:30 a.m. last Friday in Geneva. Diplomats from a wide range of countries lined up for hours for a chance to sign up that afternoon for speaking slots in the U.N. Human Rights Council's...
February 13, 2009
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Canwest News Service: China rejects UN call to improve human rights
Excerpted from Canwest News Service (via Canada.com) : This was China's first appearance before a UN Universal Periodic Review panel and Sharon Hom, executive director of the advocacy group Human Rights in China, called the 30-month old process "a failure." She said the review "has given China a '...
February 12, 2009
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Phayul: China dribbles past UPR, dismisses concerns on human rights in Tibet
Excerpted from Phayul : "As a test of a state-driven process aimed at advancing human rights among member states through constructive dialogue, consensus decision-making, and cooperation, the Universal Periodic Review, with regard to China, is a failure," said Sharon Hom, Executive Director of...
February 12, 2009
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Le Temps: Droits de l'homme: la Chine refuse le dialogue (Human Rights: China rejects dialogue)
Excerpted from Le Temps : For Sharon Hom, director of Human Rights in China, the refusal of China to recognize human rights violations, torture, censorship, excessive use of force in Tibet and in prisons, is unacceptable. In her view, even though Beijing has ratified most international treaties,...
February 10, 2009
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CNSNews: China Eases Through U.N. Human Rights 'Review'
Excerpted from CNSNews : Sharon Hom, executive director of Human Rights in China, noted that some countries had been able to put human rights issues onto the table during China’s review. But, she said, the Chinese delegates' response, including their insistence that there was "no torture, no...
February 10, 2009
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China Economic Review: China rejects claims of human rights abuse
Excerpted from China Economic Review : "This was a display of very low tolerance of critical comments," said Sharon Hom, head of Human Rights in China, a US-based monitoring group. Access to the full text of this article may require a subscription and password. HRIC is not responsible for outdated...
February 10, 2009
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Reuters: China tells United Nations it protects human rights
Excerpted from Reuters (via International Herald Tribune) : "This was a display of very low tolerance of critical comments," Sharon Hom, a Hong Kong-born lawyer who was a law professor in Beijing and now heads a U.S.-based monitoring group, Human Rights in China, told a news conference. Access to...
February 9, 2009
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Canwest News Service: UN human rights 'peer review' turns into Beijing love-in
Excerpted from Canwest News Service (via Canada.com) : "This was a display of very low tolerance of critical comments," Sharon Hom, a Hong Kong-born lawyer who heads the U.S.-based Human Rights in China, told a news conference. Access to the full text of this article may require a subscription and...
February 9, 2009
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