Publications

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Civil Liberties - Notes

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1. Special Rapporteur announces postponment of visit to China, 16 June 2004; http://www.unog.ch/unog/website/news_media.nsf/(httpNewsByYear_en)/53B5D44CFD510A0BC1256F3C0034E7B6?OpenDocument

2. Article 36, 37, 38, 39 and 40 of the Constitution of the Peoples' Republic of China.

3. Tibet Times, 20 May 2004.

4. The song titled "King's Messenger" begins:

"Dear youth of Tibet
Those who are left behind in Tibet should not remain timid.
Raise your head with pride,
I am the messenger of the King."

5. "Tibetan Singer and lyricist released after two months' detention", Human Rights Update, TCHRD May 2004.

6. Statement by Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Following visit to China, 4 October 2004, http://www.unhchr.ch/huricane/huricane.nsf/view01/DCE1B1DE1F7D56DBC1256F23002FFFFC?opendocument

7. The Dui Hua Foundation, Engaging China on Human Rights: John Kamn Remarks to the Brooking Institution, October 14 2004

8. UN Doc E/CN4/2000/ADD1

9. "Monk arrested for Dalai Lama portrait and Tibetan National Flag", Human Rights Update, TCHRD March 2004

10. Ibid.

11. "Three Tibetans Jailed for Suspected Separatism", Radio Free Asia (RFA), September 24, 2004

12. "Brothers arrested for pro-independence protest." Human Rights Update, TCHRD, October 2004.

13. Statement by Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Following visit to China, 4 October 2004, http://www.unhchr.ch/huricane/huricane.nsf/view01/DCE1B1DE1F7D56DBC1256F23002FFFFC?opendocument

14. Statement by Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Following visit to China, 4 October 2004, http://www.unhchr.ch/huricane/huricane.nsf/view01/DCE1B1DE1F7D56DBC1256F23002FFFFC?opendocument

15. "UN groups says China lags on human rights", Reuters, 4 October 2004

16. For more information on the list of known political prisoners in Tibet, see the Appendix.

17. http://:www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/tibet/china/panchen.html

18. UN Human Rights Committee, UN Doc CCPR/C/21Rev.1/Add.11, Para 13

19. UN Doc CCPR/C/79/Add.93, Para. 19, 21.

20. UN Doc E/Cn.4/1996/35/Add.1, Para 104

21. UN Human Rights Committee, UN Doc CCPR/C/79/Add.93, Para. 20

22. 2003 Human Rights Monitor Report pp.152

23. UN Doc A57/173, 2 July 2002

24. Commission on Human Rights resolution 38/1997, Para. 5

25. "Nuns undergo tremendous hardship for protesting against curtailment of religious rights", Human Rights Update, TCHRD, May 2004 and TCHRD Interview, June 2004

26. Nunnery reconstruction leads to police confrontation: Damchoe Dolma testifies", Human Rights Update, TCHRD, March 2004 and TCHRD Interview, March 2004.

27. "Lobsang Tenzin and Rinzin Wangyal in critical condition", Human Rights Update, TCHRD, May 2004

28. "China releases Geshe Sonam Phuntsok upon completion of prison term", Human Rights Update, TCHRD, October 2004

29. "Nuns undergo tremendous hardship for protesting against curtailment of religious rights", Human Rights Update, TCHRD, May 2004

30. A group comprised of 14 nuns who clandestinely recorded songs on audiotape praising their homeland and the Dalai Lama in 1993. Their songs were smuggled out of Tibet and became the symbols of the spirit of Tibetan political prisoners languishing in various prisons across the plateau.

31. TCHRD Interview, 31 October 2004

32. "Drapchi 14 Singing Nuns testify torture in Prison", Human Rights Update, TCHRD, November 2004 and TCHRD Interview, November 2004.

33. Statement by Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Following Visit to China, 4 October 2004, http://www.unhchr.ch/huricane/huricane.nsf/view01/DCE1B1DE1F7D56DBC1256F23002FFFFC?opendocument

34. United Nations Human Rights Experts express concern over situation of Tibetan monk, 15 April 2004, http://www.unog.ch/unog/website/news_media.nsf/(httpNewsByYear_en)/2C97230C6CFC3ACEC1256F3A004DA9E5?OpenDocument

35. A Procuracy is a Chinese Judicial agency responsible for investigating and prosecuting criminal cases. It also handles complaints against the police, prison officials and other branches of the administration.

36. http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/h_comp50.htm

37. Tibet Information Network, 30th October 2004

38. Tibet Information Network TIN, Saturday October 30 2004

39. http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1137608,00.htm

40. http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1137608,00.htm

41. http://www.icapp3.org.cn/2004-09/05/content_2809095.htm

42. Xinhua News, 12 September 2004

43. Xinhua News, 12 September 2004

44. http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=6214118

45. http://www.tibetinfor.com, 4 November 2004

46. Statement by Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Following Visit to China, 4 October 2004, http://www.unhchr.ch/huricane/huricane.nsf/view01/DCE1B1DE1F7D56DBC1256F23002FFFFC?opendocument

47. Statement by Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Following Visit to China, 4 October 2004, http://www.unhchr.ch/huricane/huricane.nsf/view01/DCE1B1DE1F7D56DBC1256F23002FFFFC?opendocument

48. Statement by Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Following Visit to China, 4 October 2004, http://www.unhchr.ch/huricane/huricane.nsf/view01/DCE1B1DE1F7D56DBC1256F23002FFFFC?opendocument

49. The Tibet Daily, 21 July 2004

50. "Minors raped enroute to exile", Human Rights Update, TCHRD, November 2004 and TCHRD Interview, December 2004

51. "Rise in arbitrary detention and fines for exile returnees", TCHRD Press Release, 12 August 2004

52. Tibet Times, 20 August 2004

53. Statement by Adviser DU Zhongxing of the Chinese Delegation on Civil and Political Rights (Item11) at the 60th Session of the Commission on Human Rights (Geneva, April 1, 2004); http://www.china-un.ch/eng/gjhyfy/hy2004/t85174.htm