Speaking about the human rights issues which are connected to present day situations in the world, two situations could be outlined, one of them is China-Tibet situation, and the Darfur War or the Darfur conflict, and it should be mentioned that both of these situations involve China in a way or another.
Darfur Conflict
The situation in Sudan provokes the fears of the world community for several years. This is the most prolonged conflict in Africa, in course of which serious violations of the human rights took place and humanitarian catastrophes occurred.
In spite of the progress, achieved in the process of regulating the situation, and the ongoing process of peaceful settlement, the atmosphere of intensity is preserved in the country, and scale military attacks on innocent civilians still occur in the Darfur region. The government of Sudan does not always go to rapprochement, appealing to the principle of international law about the nonintervention into the internal affairs of state. There fore it can be seen that the human rights issue is still not solved, attacks on citizens continues, also there are problems, which are concerned to the access to humanitarian organizations, intimidations, pursuits and violations by the law-enforcement organs. The absence of safety beyond the camps boundaries prevented the internally displaced persons from returning to native places, and the realization of the villages’ restoration. It should be mentioned that china plays a major role in the Darfur conflict being the 40% share owner of international consortium extracting oil in Sudan. In addition, using this revenue, China compensates her money in buying the oil, by selling arms to Sudanese regime which was used in killing innocent people and had a huge factor in the Darfur conflict. The human rights organizations mention that for four long years, China was a major, if not the chief obstacle to international efforts to bring security to Darfur. Beijing blocked vetoed or diluted resolutions at the U.N. Security Council that would have authorized a protection operation or sanctions on Khartoum for continued intransigence.
China-Tibet
The violations of human rights in Tibet were considered a major issue for the last half a decade. The problem of the independence of Tibet has been one of the most delicate for the Communist government of China. Beijing insists that the Tibetan region is a historical part of China, and the numerous enemies of central authorities continue to attain its independence. In 1959 one of the largest uprisings against the Chinese military presence in the region flared up – the appearance of Tibetans were depressed, and the Dalai-lama together with 150 thousands of his compatriots left to India in order to head the government of Tibet in the expulsion. International discussions took place on these issues and the Chinese government took obligations on improving the situation in the country. Specifically, under these obligations the International Olympic Committee assigned the 2008 games to Beijing. Only in reality the management of China did not intend to radically change its relation to the oppositionists in Tibet.
In addition the known fact of Chinese private patronage to the Government in Sudan and being a factor in the genocide that happened in Darfur, played a major role in the way China reacted to the riots in Lhasa on the eve of the Olympic games. For the Tibetans it’s a vital question too, the Olympic Games taking place in Beijing is like an act of encouragement to the activities of the Chinese government. Although these riots probably would not lead to a boycott of the Olympics in the international world, it may lead to solving the situation which could not be solved for more than 50 years.
Works Cited
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“TIBET Proving Truth From Facts”. The Department of Information and International Relations, Central Tibetan Administration. 1996.
Angle, Stephen C. Human Rights and Chinese Thought: A Cross-Cultural Inquiry. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2002
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Cohen, Robert. “Calling on China: The China-Darfur Connection” Brookings.edu. (2004). Web.