China: Make Concrete Progress at UN Rights Review

Email China’s government should use its appearance before the United Nations Human Rights Council to demonstrate its stated commitment to improving human rights by ending its systematic repression of human rights defenders, Human Rights Watch said today. China will be reviewed for the second time under the UN’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) procedure on October 22, 2013. (Geneva) – China’s government should use its appearance before the United Nations Human Rights Council to demonstrate its stated commitment to improving human rights by ending its systematic repression of human…

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