West criticizes, China defends human rights record at U.N.

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West criticizes, China defends human rights record at U.N.

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/china-crackdown-come-under-scrutiny-u-n-rights-004123723.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/t_Ga5KIzVD08PFm.jCjuHQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-10-22T101551Z_369272572_GM1E9AM15XQ01_RTRMADP_3_CHINA-UN-RIGHTS-TIBET.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Protester wearing a giant head representing China's President Xi Jinpig takes part in a demonstration calling Xi out for rights violations in Tibet in Geneva" align="left" title="Protester wearing a giant head representing China's President Xi Jinpig takes part in a demonstration calling Xi out for rights violations in Tibet in Geneva" border="0" /></a>By Stephanie Nebehay and Sui-Lee Wee GENEVA/BEIJING (Reuters) - Western countries accused China on Tuesday of arresting activists, curbing Internet use and suppressing ethnic minorities, as the United Nations formally reviewed its rights record for the first time since Xi Jinping became president. The United Nations Human Rights Council, which reviews all U.N. members every four years, convened in Geneva, where sharply opposing views of China's human rights record were exposed. Uzra Zeya, acting assistant secretary in the U.S. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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