FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 23, 2024 Contact: Lhadon Tethong, Director +1-917-418-4181 (In Geneva) Gyal Lo, Tibet Specialist +1-647-619-9821 (In Geneva) UN MEMBER STATES SLAM CHINA FOR COERCIVE RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL SYSTEM IN TIBET AT MAJOR RIGHTS REVIEW Geneva – In a dramatic departure from 2018 when only 9 States made 11 Recommendations on Tibet during the...
The abduction of Tibetan children and forced assimilation practices through Chinese boarding schools in Tibet December 14, 2023 Parliament strongly condemns the repressive assimilation policies in place throughout China, especially the boarding school system in Tibet that seeks to eliminate the distinct linguistic, cultural, and religious traditions among Tibetans and other minorities, such as Uyghurs....
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Chinese Boarding Schools and the Indoctrination of a Generation Orginal article: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/tibet/erasing-tibet Image above: At a state-run boarding school in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, June 2021 Martin Pollard / Reuters November 28, 2023 By Tenzin Dorjee and Gyal Lo November 28, 2023 China’s brutal treatment of Uyghur Muslims in the western region of Xinjiang has...
By Josh Rogin Original article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/11/01/china-tibet-identity-cultural-genocide/ “Genocide” is a powerful charge, often leveled at repressive regimes and warring states when they are openly mass murdering civilians. But some genocides take place slowly and methodically, without large-scale killing and outside the public’s view. Tibetans are making a strong case that the Chinese government is attempting to wipe...
By Ken Moritsugu Original article: https://apnews.com/article/tibet-china-boarding-schools-6881277c7f22dd97a2e3459067756297 SHANGRI-LA TOWN, China (AP) — First-grade students, hands folded on their desks, watch a teacher write a brush-like stroke on a blackboard in their Tibetan alphabet. Outside, craggy mountains climb toward the brightest of blue skies. The air is clean and crisp at 2,800 meters (9,100 feet), if a...
