HRW Issues Report about Human Rights in China

Human Rights Watch has issued its report to the organization's council expressing special concern about four countries, including China.

What follows is what HRW had to say about human rights, or the lack thereof, in that country:

"Since last addressing the Council about the Chinese government's use of excessive force in response to the March protests in Tibet, we have seen dozens of Tibetans tried with no due process, and a denial of access to that region by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and special rapporteurs.

"Prominent civil rights lawyers have been stripped of their licenses as a result of their offer to defend Tibetans.

"Foreign journalists continue to be subject to abuses ranging from death threats to arbitrary detention despite new regulations granting them greater freedoms to report, and the relevant government agencies have done little or nothing to halt these abuses.

"In the months before the Beijing Olympics, the government continues to violate international and domestic law by expelling from Beijing those it considers "undesirable," as well as returning refugees from North Korea and elsewhere.

"Despite the tragedy of the earthquake, this Council must remain seized of the rampant violations of human rights for which the Chinese government is responsible and has not addressed."