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Author Message Prev Topic | Next Topic  aarose Newbie Joined: October 19 2009 Anguilla Posts: 5 Gender: Not Specified Posted: October 19 2009 at 2:36am | IP Logged Chinese experts Wednesday chided the UN Human Rights chief for her remarks over the recent riots in Xinjiang, calling them "biased" and "indiscreet". world of warcraft power leveling "The remarks will definitely hurt relations between China and the UN in the field of human rights," said Pang Zhongying, an expert at the international studies department of Renmin University of China. replica watches Navanethem Pillay, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, reportedly expressed concern over the riots in Xinjiang as well as the situation in Tibet while delivering a report to the 12th session of the UN Commission on Human Rights on Tuesday. replica watches She criticized the Chinese government for "discrimination and the failure to protect minority rights." The report reflects "ingrained prejudice against China," and only repeated the old tones used by some Western countries against China, Pang said.  Special coverage:  Urumqi Riots replica watches Related readings:  Syringe suspects seized in Xinjiang  Rail-laying of Xinjiang's 1st electrified railway done  Xinjiang will see mordern railway  Police capture 75 suspects of Xinjiang syringe attacks  'Terror gang' rounded up in Xinjiang replica watches Dong Yunhu, vice-president and secretary-general of China Society for Human Rights Studies, said some foreigners have always made their judgments on Tibet and Xinjiang based on fragments of information. "They should try to know more about Xinjiang and Tibet, especially the government's policies and measures to safeguard human rights there," he said. replica watches Li Baodong, China's permanent UN representative in Geneva, also expressed regret over Pillay's speech and said that the current issues in Xinjiang and Tibet are "not about human rights." "It is regrettable that the high commissioner did not respect the fact and interferes in the domestic affairs of a sovereign country," he said. A different picture In another development, a high-level EU official said yesterday after a four-day visit to Tibet that life there is quite different from what Western people are generally told. "I must tell you that from what we were able to witness, there is religious freedom," Mario Sepi, president of the European Economic and Social Committee, told the media in Beijing. "We saw people in the streets praying, going about their own business with their own personal religious beliefs. We visited two temples they were full." Sepi said he was also impressed by the "tremendous economic growth" in Tibet. Li Xiaokun contributed to the story Back to Top

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