United Nations

1 November 2011

Ms Ravina Shamdasani for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) replied to a question on a press release issued by a group of United Nations Special Rapporteurs and experts in relation to human rights restrictions on Tibetan Buddhist monasteries by saying her office regretted the tragic loss of life and called on the concerned authorities to work to defuse tensions on the issue and prevent further such cases.