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‘This can not be games as usual’: Boston-based activists protest the Beijing Winter Olympics
February 3, 2022February 20, 2022
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‘This can not be games as usual’: Boston-based activists protest the Beijing Winter Olympics

Listen to interview here: https://www.wbur.org/news/2022/02/03/tibet-action-institute-china-olympics-activism Some events at the Winter Olympics are already underway in Beijing, and the opening ceremonies will be held tomorrow. The International Olympic Committee has long been criticized for awarding the games to China because of the country’s many alleged human rights abuses. Several of the groups organizing protests have members in...

Activists urge athletes to speak out at Beijing Olympics
January 28, 2022February 20, 2022
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Activists urge athletes to speak out at Beijing Olympics

Original Article: https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/activists-urge-athletes-speak-beijing-olympics-82528355 Human rights activists have issued a call to action against the Beijing Olympics, imploring athletes and sponsors to speak out against what they call the “genocide games.” BEIJING — Human rights activists issued a call to action against the Beijing Olympics on Friday, imploring athletes and sponsors to speak out against what they call...

China Separating 4-year-old Kids From Parents For Indoctrination In Tibet: Report
December 21, 2021January 21, 2022
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China Separating 4-year-old Kids From Parents For Indoctrination In Tibet: Report

Original Article: https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/rest-of-the-world-news/china-separating-4-year-old-kids-from-parents-for-indoctrination-in-tibet-report.html A recent report by the Tibet Action Institute has revealed China’s vast system of ‘colonial boarding schools’ inside Tibet, where children as young as four are separated from their parents. As per the report titled, ‘Separated from their families, hidden from the world- China’s vast system of colonial boarding schools inside Tibet’, Chinese government policies are...

‘Diplomatic boycott’ of the Beijing Olympics isn’t a big step, but it will have to do
December 21, 2021January 21, 2022
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‘Diplomatic boycott’ of the Beijing Olympics isn’t a big step, but it will have to do

Terry Glavin is an author and journalist.Original article: https://ottawacitizen.com/opinion/glavin-diplomatic-boycott-of-the-beijing-olympics-isnt-a-big-step-but-it-will-have-to-do So, as things have turned out, the democracies declaring their intention to boycott February’s Winter Games in Beijing had grown numerous enough by Wednesday for Justin Trudeau’s government to include itself by hiding in the crowd and hoping Beijing wouldn’t particularly notice. That’s what the Trudeau government...

The horrors of Canada’s residential schools are being repeated in Tibet
December 13, 2021February 18, 2022
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The horrors of Canada’s residential schools are being repeated in Tibet

Original Article: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-the-horrors-of-canadas-residential-schools-are-being-repeated-in-tibet/ Tsering Yangzom Lama is a Tibetan-Canadian novelist and activist. Her debut novel, We Measure the Earth with our Bodies, will be published next year. The surest way to eradicate a culture is to sever that culture from its children. This week, we learned that China has forced almost 80 per cent of Tibetan children to leave...

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