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550. Human Rights Watch listed the human rights issues on which China had rejected every
recommendation. It drew attention to paragraphs 70, 71 and 104 of the report containing
assertions that were manifestly removed from reality, noting the continued suppression of any
reference to the Beijing massacre of peaceful protestors of 3 and 4 June 1989; to the fact that an
individual faced State charges for having compiled a list of names of children killed during the
2008 Sichuan earthquake; that the country’s once most prominent lawyer had disappeared for
over six months after having been taken into custody; and that just a week earlier, more than
15 prominent human rights defenders had been victims of arbitrary disbarment on account of the
sensitive nature of the cases they had represented. Human Rights Watch believed that China
seemed to equate any expression of concern over the situation in Tibetan areas with attempts to
politicize the issue.
551. The China Society for Human Rights Studies noted that the All-China Women’s
Federation was working on a draft law concerning domestic violence, and hoped that it would be
adopted soon. In a recent report, the China Society had expressed concern about the livelihood of
migrant workers. Its recommendations had aroused the Government’s attention. The Society had
carried out a project with OHCHR on civil society participation in the work of treaty bodies and
hoped that China would continue to cooperate with OHCHR and consider future concrete
technical cooperation projects.
4. Concluding remarks of the State under review
552. China thanked all for their support and encouragement. The Government of China
would study carefully the comments and recommendations made by some countries and
non-governmental organizations. China welcomed well-intentioned criticisms and constructive
recommendations, but was resolutely against any assault or allegation out of political motive or
prejudice, or fabrication of lies.
553. China wished to set the record straight. In Tibet, China had abolished, 50 years earlier,
dark theocratic feudal serfdom, sparking historic socio-economic progress there. People of all
ethnicities in Tibet enjoyed wide-ranging human rights and freedoms inconceivable for Tibetan
serfs under the rule of the Dalai Lama. The Central Government of China was sincere in its
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