China interrupts UN testimony of ex-political prisoner; USA defends Yang Jianli
PRESS RELEASE GENEVA, March 15 – The Chinese government today interrupted testimony by one of its most well-known former political prisoners in the plenary of the UN
PRESS RELEASE GENEVA, March 15 – The Chinese government today interrupted testimony by one of its most well-known former political prisoners in the plenary of the UN
UN Watch’s Hillel Neuer Testifies Before U.S. Congress UN Watch Executive Director Hillel Neuer (center) addressed a U.S. congressional hearing on “The United Nations: Urgent
PRESS RELEASE 36 NGOs Urge U.N. Rights Chief to Attend Oslo Nobel Ceremony and Support Chinese Dissident GENEVA, December 10, 2010 – Rights groups expressed
40 NGOs Urge U.N. Rights Chief to Attend Oslo Nobel Ceremony and Show Support for Chinese Dissident GENEVA, December 10, 2010 – An international coalition
GENEVA, December 9, 2010 – An international coalition of 24 human rights and non-governmental organizations appealed today to U.N. rights chief Navi Pillay to reverse her
The undersigned human rights and non-governmental organizations pay tribute to jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo on his being selected to receive the Nobel Peace Prize
PRESS RELEASE GENEVA, December 9, 2010 – An international coalition of 24 human rights and non-governmental organizations appealed today to U.N. rights chief Navi Pillay to
he Norwegian Nobel Committee has confirmed that U.N. Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay has declined to attend the Oslo ceremony this Friday in which the
GENEVA, December 6, 2010 – A Geneva-based human rights group urged U.N. rights chief Navi Pillay to “do the right thing” and reverse her decision
GENEVA, December 6, 2010 – A Geneva-based human rights group urged U.N. rights chief Navi Pillay to “do the right thing” and reverse her decision
British MP Denis MacShane has endorsed UN Watch’s campaign calling on UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to press China to release political prisoner Liu Xiaobo. Mr.
Ban Ki-moon praised China’s “remarkable advances” GENEVA, October 11, 2010 – A Geneva-based human rights group welcomed today’s call by four UN experts for China