take with them independent interpreters
in all relevant languages
Mongolian and Uighur.
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including Tibetan,
8. We would also strongly urged the delegation to insist upon visiting Huai Ji (71) prison in
Guangdong province. Lau Shan-ching was held in this
prison during the last part of his sentence.
prison has a special wing set up specifically to
house political prisoners.
The
9.
Finally, we would also urge the delegation
to pay particular attention to the human rights
situation in Xinjiang and in Inner Mongolia, which
appears to have deteriorated significantly in recent
months.
Cooperation at the UN Human Rights Commission and
its Sub-Commission
10.
We are very pleased that the United
Kingdom was one of the sponsors of the resolution
relating to the Human Rights Situation in Tibet at
the recent session of the U.N. Commission on Human
Rights. We are very concerned, however, that the
U.K. delegation supported the late amendments by the
United States
States which broadened
broadened the resolution to
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