ZAGREB, June 16 (Hina) - The Amnesty International Croatia (AIH) on Friday forwarded a question to Croatian officials whether they discussed the violation of human rights in China while they held talks with the Chinese Parliament
Chairman, Li Peng. AIH released a statement saying that the Croatian authorities would have to "learn more of and take a stand on the human rights situation in China and other countries they communicate with." Li Peng at the helm of a Chinese delegation is paying a five-day visit to Croatia. AIH assessed that 1999 had seen the worst cases of the quashing of peaceful expression of opinions in China as against the last decade. According to incomplete data of the organisation for the human rights protection, last year at least 1,720 death sentences were pronounced and 18,000 people executed in that most-populated country. Thousands of people w
ZAGREB, June 16 (Hina) - The Amnesty International Croatia (AIH) on
Friday forwarded a question to Croatian officials whether they
discussed the violation of human rights in China while they held
talks with the Chinese Parliament Chairman, Li Peng.
AIH released a statement saying that the Croatian authorities would
have to "learn more of and take a stand on the human rights situation
in China and other countries they communicate with."
Li Peng at the helm of a Chinese delegation is paying a five-day
visit to Croatia.
AIH assessed that 1999 had seen the worst cases of the quashing of
peaceful expression of opinions in China as against the last
decade.
According to incomplete data of the organisation for the human
rights protection, last year at least 1,720 death sentences were
pronounced and 18,000 people executed in that most-populated
country. Thousands of people were sentenced to prison for several
years, following rigged court trials.
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