Over 300 NGOs Urge UN to Investigate China’s Human Rights Abuse

Sarah Brooks of the International Service for Human Rights, which also signed Wednesday's letter, meanwhile stressed in the joint statement "China's disdain for human rights no longer affects only its citizens".

"Its support for dictators and efforts to rewrite international standards are making the work of defending human rights harder than ever."

When asked about the letter, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Zhao Lijian said the "claims made by these organizations are groundless and not worth refuting".

Wednesday's letter called on the Human Rights Council to host a special session to evaluate China's rights violations, and urged it to establish an "impartial and independent UN mechanism to closely monitor, analyze and report annually on the topic". 

(Writer: NL/WDB, Agence France-Presse)

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