My husband, Zhang Zheng-gang, was a former contact person of Falun Gong Assistance Center in Huai-an City. He was detained in the Detention Center of Huai-an City from March 2 to March 25 of 2000. Police tortured him brutally on March 25 and then murdered him on March 30 while he was receiving treatment in hospital.
The failure of the United Nations 56th Human Rights Commission in Geneva to censure China is certainly disappointing to the cause of upholding the principles enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and in the U.N. Charter. It also calls into serious question the purpose of this Commission and its ability to effectively and objectively address the current situation of human rights in the world today.
Special to The Washington Post
Wednesday, April 19, 2000 ; A18
UNITED NATIONS, April 18 -- China today defeated a U.S. effort to censure it for human rights abuses, thwarting months of high-level lobbying of foreign governments by Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright and other senior U.S. officials.
April 19, 2000
WASHINGTON, April 18 -- In an embarrassing defeat for the Clinton administration, the principal United Nations body on human rights voted in Geneva today not to act on a United States resolution criticizing China' human rights record.
GENEVA, Apr 19, 2000 -- (Agence France Presse) China' successful move to avoid condemnation by the UN Human Rights Commission has unleashed a wave of anger among international rights groups which said the body' credibility had been damaged.
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GENEVA, Switzerland - The United States failed yesterday in its latest effort to have China' human-rights record censured by the United Nations. However, Cuba, Iran and Iraq found themselves under scrutiny.
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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