The human rights situation in Nicaragua has "seriously deteriorated" over the past year, following arbitrary arrests, mistreatment of detainees,...
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washington — China is among several foreign governments that have retaliated against people engaging with the United Nations (UN), according to a report released this week by the UN Secretary-General's office. The report highlights how hard Beijing tries to silence its critics, according to Sophie Richardson, a human rights expert in China. “This (UN) mechanism is the only mechanism available to people in China, at least on paper, to provide some measure of redress or justice for the human rights abuses that they have experienced or that have been experienced by the communities in which they work,” Richardson told VOA. “That’s why you see the Chinese government going to great lengths to silence people who are simply trying to report to some of these human rights experts or bodies,” Richardson said. Richardson, a former China director at Human Rights Watch, is currently a visiting fellow at Stanford University. The annual report documents government retaliation against people involved with the UN. In addition to China, other countries named in the report include Colombia, India, Nicaragua, the Philippines and Russia. “In the world I would like to see, the governments referenced in this retaliatory report should not be members of the Human …
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