geneva human right activists call china wednesday stop detain lawyers critics voice concern health fate custody death jail nobel laureate liu xiaobo attract international attention july china say concern basis fact activists highlight case jiang tianyong prominent human right lawyer disbar 2009 disappear last november hold incommunicado six months jiang verdict pending charge subversion confess trial last month say inspire overthrow china political system workshops attend overseas trial reasonably call neither fair impartial obvious violation due process mr jiang show televise confession state media march 2017 sarah brook international service human right tell unite nations human right council jiang physical psychological health subject great concern give real risk abuse place detention say chinese diplomat tell council china firmly object accusations legal handle jiang case say ngos respect chinese law give outrageous tactics jiang tianyong suspect provoke trouble illegally hold state secret document incite subversion state criminal activities plead guilty diplomat say china treatment dissidents stir outcry year liu xiaobo serve 11-year sentence cite subversion state power die deny permission leave country treatment late-stage liver cancer wife liu xia house arrest six years whereabouts condition since death unknown brook say ms liu xia currently personal freedom chinese diplomat tell council add china pick qualify medical experts treat liu xiaobo give medical parole brook also highlight case ilham tohti declare case arbitrary detention u.n. panel 2014 serve life sentence separatism chinese diplomat say ilham crime clear ilham case nothing human right try justify act terror divide country incite hatred country could tolerate say zhang qing wife activist guo feixiong tell ngo event geneva monday suffer sentence six years prison late 2015. conduct 101-day hunger strike 2016 protest condition guo encounter wide range brutal evil torture jail 13 days nights sleep deprivation high-voltage taser private part extract confession say guo veteran political prisoner whose voice silence demand reform say zhang live unite state human right watch say week beijing wag campaign harassment chinese activists seek testify u.n. repression call bad since tiananmen square democracy movement crush china foreign ministry dismiss accusations u.n. high commissioner human right zeid ra ad al-hussein address geneva forum monday say china draft first national law detention centre aim improve treatment oversight accountability zeid urge government ensure law grant access independent legal counsel family members well address ill-treatment detention deaths custody right group ask china stop detain critics