EMOL/EFE
2 December 2012
Empty original: The UN asks China to respect the rights of Tibetans
"Los informes hablan de detenciones y desapariciones, Excessive use of force against peaceful protesters, y menoscabo de los derechos culturales de los tibetanos", The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights affirmed, Navi Pillay.
GINEBRA.- The high commissioned United Nations for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, China urged to respond to the innumerable demands of Tibetan citizens, than frustrated by Beijing's immobility, They alert their situation through increasingly extreme methods, Like Immolations.
"Estoy abrumada por las continuas alegaciones de violencia contra los tibetanos que simplemente quieren disfrutar de sus derechos fundamentales como la libertad de culto, de expresión y de asociación", Pillay said in a statement.
"Los informes hablan de detenciones y desapariciones, Excessive use of force against peaceful protesters, y menoscabo de los derechos culturales de los tibetanos", He added.
Some of the examples referred to by Pillay are a girl from 17 years that was severely mistreated and sentenced to three years in prison for distributing pamphlets for freedom in Tibet and the return of Dalai Lama.
Other cases speak of sentences of four and seven years for having written essays or having made events of events in Tibet out of China.
In fact, The statement questions the credibility of some judgments and alerts about the level of accusations of ill -treatment of detainees.
"He tenido varias conversaciones con las autoridades chinas sobre esos temas. But much more must be done to protect human rights and prevent violations. Hago un llamamiento al Gobierno chino para que respete el derecho a la libertad de asociación y de expresión y para que libere a todas las personas detenidas por el mero hecho de ejercer esos derechos", Pillay urged.
In addition, The high commissioner called for Tibetans to avoid using extreme forms of protest, Like immolation, y pidió a las autoridades religiosas que usen su influencia para ayudar a parar "esta trágica pérdida de vidas".
"Reconozco el intenso sentido de frustración y desespero que lleva a los tibetanos a usar medidas extremas, pero hay otras maneras de dejar claro esos sentimientos".
To be able to help conflict, Pillay urged the Chinese government to allow the visit of independent experts who can verify the conditions on the ground, as well as the entry of journalists to the region.
The high commissioned recalled that 12 United Nations Special Rapporteurs expect the entrance permit to Tibetan territory by Chinese authorities.
