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UN urged to pressure China over arbitrary detention of Tibetans

September 13, 2019
In a statement delivered today at the ongoing 42nd Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on behalf of the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, Kai Mueller highlighted the cases of nine Tibetans who were sentenced to prison terms of five to 14 years for celebrating the Dalai Lama’s birthday in 2015.

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