The US government has expressed serious concern over the deteriorating human rights in Tibet and urged China to hold unconditional talks with His Holiness the Dalai Lama or his representatives. Uzra Zeya, who led the US side in the annual human rights dialogue with China on 30-31 July, said that there has been increasing religious restrictions in Tibet and Xinjiang. “I think we have continued to see a deterioration in the over all situation in China,” said Ms Zeya. “We also expressed deep concern about China’s stepped-up attempts to silence dissent and tighten controls over Tibetans and Uighurs, emphasizing that policies ostensibly designed to maintain stability are counterproductive when they deny Chinese citizens their universal human rights and fundamental freedoms,” she said. “We also urged the Chinese government to engage in substantive dialogue with the Dalai Lama or his representatives, without preconditions,” Ms Zeya said. The US also raised some specific cases of political prisoners, including Dhondup Wangchen, a Tibetan political prisoner, who have been victims of the Chinese government’s clampdown for expressing their concerns about the broader denial of rights affecting China’s citizens. tibet.net/2013/08/02/us-says-human-rights-deteriorate-urges-china-to-resume-unconditional-talks-on-tibet/
Posted on: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 10:03:51 +0000
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