UN Expert Fears Activists Jailed, Tortured In China
UN special rapporteur on human rights defenders says she has countless reports about mistreatment. The UN s independent expert on human rights defenders said Monday that she feared activists in China were arbitrarily sentenced to long prison terms, house arrest and tortured and also denied access to medical treatment, their lawyers and families. Condemning human rights defenders.to long terms in prison for their peaceful human rights work, abusing them in custody and failing to provide them with adequate medical care.cannot continue, Mary Lawlor, the UN special rapporteur on human rights defenders, said in a statement.