UN High Commissioner for Human Rights voices concern over restrictions in China

UN Human Rights Chief speaks on Tibet but falls short in condemning colonial boarding school system - International Tibet Network

MEDIA RELEASE: 3 MARCH 2025 [Geneva] Tibetan activists and supporters welcome the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk’s, acknowledgement of the worsening human rights situation in Tibet in his global update at the Human Rights Council today. For the first time since he became the highest-ranking human rights official, Türk expressed concern over “education policies and restrictions on freedom of expression and freedom of religion …

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights voices concern over restrictions in China

At the 58th session of the Human Rights Council, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk delivered a powerful statement, underscoring urgent human rights issues in China. Turk’s remarks emphasized that while China has engaged with the international human rights system, progress in addressing systemic violations has been insufficient, and the international community must ramp up its efforts. Turk particularly highlighted the ongoing per…