geneva beijing wag campaign harassment chinese activists seek testify unite nations repression world body sometimes turn blind eye even complicit human right watch say report release tuesday group say china restrict travel activists photograph film come u.n. geneva cooperate human right watchdogs scrutinize record find china systematically try undermine u.n. ability defend human right certainly china also globally kenneth roth executive director human right watch tell reuters come point domestically china repression bad since tiananmen square democracy movement 1989 much hide china clearly attach enormous importance mute criticism increasingly abysmal human right record chinese foreign ministry spokesman geng shuang dismiss report accusations groundless say beijing play active role unite nations human right work urge relevant organization remove tint lenses objectively justly view china human right development tell regular brief rolando gomez u.n. human right council spokesman say office best protect participants extremely vigilant address investigate act perceive act intimidation threats attack bring attention regardless state commit u.n. system offer one remain channel chinese activists express view new york-based right group say report cost international advocacy china interference unite nations human right mechanisms base 55 interview nip-it-in-the-bud strategy chinese president xi jinping seem adopt nip bud strategy respect activism home increasingly abroad one message china repression stop border days roth say china activists decrease space safe intimidation arbitrary detention legal system control communist party report say decry crackdown activists lawyers since 2015.some activists attend u.n. review china record punish return say others passports confiscate arrest departure xi address u.n. geneva january u.n. bar non-governmental organizations ngos attend human right watch say dolkun isa ethnic uighur right activist originally china attend u.n. event new york april u.n. security guard eject without explanation despite accreditation add jiang tianyong prominent human right lawyer disappear last november months meet beijing u.n. special rapporteur poverty philip alston call release jiang hold incommunicado six months charge subversion trial last month confess say inspire overthrow china political system workshops attend overseas signal clear dare present independent perspective u.n. investigator roth say china seek silence critics u.n. forums right body report