By Gyal Lo Dr. Lo is an educational sociologist and a Tibetan activist based in Canada. Original link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/15/opinion/the-one-million-tibetan-children-in-chinas-boarding-schools.html One day in late November 2016, back home in Tibet, I received a distressing call from my brother telling me I needed to check on his granddaughters. “Something very strange is happening,” he said. My young relatives,...
For Immediate Release September 4, 2023 Statement of Lhadon Tethong, Director of Tibet Action Institute, in response to the recent PRC Government-organized trip of UN Ambassadors to Tibet, August 28-September 2, 2023. Boston – The Chinese government organized a tour of Tibet from August 28-Sept 2 [1] for a group of Ambassadors to the UN...
Original link: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/un-envoys-tour-tibet-china-organised-trip-amid-rights-scrutiny-2023-09-01/ GENEVA/BEIJING, Sept 1 (Reuters) – A group of U.N. ambassadors are touring Tibet on a trip arranged by China, diplomats said, an apparent push by Beijing to counter mounting criticism of its human rights record ahead of a review by the global body in early 2024. Photos posted on the social media...
For Immediate Release August 22, 2023 Washington – Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that the United States government will impose visa restrictions on Chinese officials “for their involvement in the forcible assimilation of more than one million Tibetan children in government-run boarding schools.” In a strongly worded statement [1], he condemned China’s “coercive policies...
Original Link: https://www.state.gov/announcement-of-visa-restrictions-to-address-forced-assimilation-in-tibet/ The State Department is taking steps to impose visa restrictions under the authority of Section 212(a)(3)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act on People’s Republic of China (PRC) officials for their involvement in the forcible assimilation of more than one million Tibetan children in government-run boarding schools. These coercive policies seek to...
Photo: Kevin Frayer/Getty Images Original link: https://www.wsj.com/world/china/u-s-to-sanction-chinese-officials-for-forcible-assimilation-of-tibetans-c77aa1bf The U.S. State Department on Tuesday said it was taking action to punish Chinese officials in response to what it called the forcible assimilation of young Tibetans, broadening its assault on Beijing’s treatment of ethnic minorities. The State Department accused China of the forcible assimilation of more than...
UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 52nd Session (27 February to 4 April 2023) Item 4 Statement by H.E. Ms Anna JARDFELT Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Sweden on behalf of the European Union Geneva, 22 March 2023 – CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY – HRC52 Item 4 General Debate on Human Rights Situations that require the Council’s attention EU Statement...
For Immediate Release June 22, 2023 Ottawa – Canada’s parliamentary Subcommittee on International Human Rights of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development sounded the alarm on China’s residential boarding school system in Tibet on Friday, recommending the Government of Canada call on China to end the system, sanction Chinese officials responsible for...
Original article: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-mps-urge-canada-to-sanction-officials-responsible-for-chinese-run/ A parliamentary committee is calling on Ottawa to sanction officials responsible for China-run residential boarding schools in Tibet and to issue a statement calling for an end to the system, which it says mirrors Canada’s historical treatment of Indigenous children. Nine-hundred-thousand Tibetan children in China have been separated from families and forcibly required to...
