“Indicative of a trend of secret detentions in China,” UN Human Rights Office has voiced concern that China has sentenced human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng to 3 years prisoner reneging on probation. Rupert Colville of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), told journalists in Geneva that the office was “very disturbed” based on reports in China’s State-run media regarding the treatment of the human rights advocate. “Just a few days before the five-year probation period expired, the court decided that Gao must now serve his full suspended sentence for violating the probation rules, with no credit for the time he has already spent under the control of the authorities” Trend of “Secret Detention and Disappearances: According to UN News Center, this case is illustrative of a trend of secret detention and disappearances of human rights defenders which the High Commissioner for Human Rights [Navi Pillay] and other UN human rights bodies have already criticized on several occasions in recent years. Read: - “China-UN Asks About Disappeared Tibetan Monks” - diplomaticallyincorrect.org/films/blog_post/china-un-asks-about-disappeared-tibetan-monks-by-ambassador-mo/28783 Mr. Colville noted that for the past 20 months Mr. Gao has been subject to strict monitoring measures imposed by China’s Public Security Bureau, “in what appears to be a form of house arrest in an unknown location. “This case is illustrative of a trend of secret detention and disappearances of human rights defenders which the High Commissioner for Human Rights [Navi Pillay] and other UN human rights bodies have already criticized on several occasions in recent years.” READ – 1”st UN Day of Disappeared” - diplomaticallyincorrect.org/films/blog_post/1st-un-day-of-disappeared-by-ambassador-mo/34872 US Congressman Also Concerned: Senior New Jersey Republican, Chair of Congressional Human Rights Committee (Helsinki) and long time friend of Bosnia & Herzegovina Representative Christopher Smith has been active in ascertaining Gao’s whereabouts and urging for his freedom. He has also been a frequent critic of China’s human rights record. (Photos of Gao Zhisheng and Rep. Smith from www.freegao.com/ ). New Violative Human Rights China Law? Mr. Colville said Ms. Pillay had raised Mr. Gao’s specific case, along with other cases, with Chinese authorities this year. Colville also voiced concern about proposed amendments to China’s criminal law procedure that are currently under consideration by the National People’s Congress. Saying the amendments would permit the legalization of secret detention, Such would “represent a major setback, running counter to a number of important efforts made over the past decade by the Government of China towards the ratification of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).” Read: - diplomaticallyincorrect.org/films/blog_post/tibetan-buddhist-monasteries-face-severe-restrictionsrepression-un-by-ambassador-mo/39144 By Ambassador Muhamed Sacirbey Facebook Become a Fan at “Diplomatically Incorrect” Twitter – Follow at DiplomaticallyX “War Crimes Justice” Channel - diplomaticallyincorrect.org/c/war-crimes-justice