More than 20 groups from across Canada have signed a letter to Prime Minister Jean Chrétien asking him to instruct Canada's delegation to the UN Commission on Human Rights to co-sponsor the draft resolution on China. The UNCHR opened its six-week deliberations last week in Geneva and is expected to begin discussions of country resolutions tomorrow.
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March 29, 2000
The Right Honourable Jean Chrétien
Prime Minister of Canada
Ottawa (Ontario)
Mister Prime Minister,
In 1997, Canada and other countries entered into a bilateral human rights dialogue with the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). In doing so, they moved scrutiny of China' human rights record away from public view and into backroom discussions which have no clear objectives or markers for measuring progress. In the meantime there have been persistent and credible reports of increasing human rights ...
GENEVA, Mar 29, 2000 -- (Agence France Presse) A senior US official expressed confidence here Tuesday that China would fail to prevent a resolution condemning its human rights record from being introduced at this year' UN Human Rights Commission.
HONG KONG, Mar 30, 2000 -- (Agence France Presse) A Qinghua University classmate of Chinese Vice-President Hu Jintao has been sentenced without trial to two years of "re-education-through-labour" for his belief in the banned Falungong spiritual movement, a Hong Kong-based rights group said Thursday.
Master Li quietly watching the world from amidst the mountains after leaving New York following July 20th, 1999. (Published January 19, 2000)
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Master Li quietly watching the world from amidst the mountains after leaving New York following July 20th, 1999. (Published January 19, 2000)
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