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Press Release: UN Member States Slam China for Coercive Residential Schools System in Tibet at Major Rights Review.
January 23, 2024January 23, 2024
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Press Release: UN Member States Slam China for Coercive Residential Schools System in Tibet at Major Rights Review.

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...

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December 14, 2023January 11, 2024
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The abduction of Tibetan children and forced assimilation practices through Chinese boarding schools in Tibet Original link: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/pt/press-room/20231208IPR15785/human-rights-breaches-in-belarus-tanzania-and-tibet#:~:text=Parliament%20strongly%20condemns%20the%20repressive,other%20minorities%2C%20such%20as%20Uyghurs 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....

Erasing Tibet
November 28, 2023December 11, 2023
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Erasing Tibet

Chinese Boarding Schools and the Indoctrination of a Generation Orginal article: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/tibet/erasing-tibet By Tenzin Dorjee and Gyal Lo November 28, 2023 China’s brutal treatment of Uyghur Muslims in the western region of Xinjiang has won tremendous international attention in recent years, with human rights groups decrying the systematic detention in internment camps of a million...

Washington Post: Opinion | China is getting away with cultural genocide in Tibet
November 1, 2023January 11, 2024
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Washington Post: Opinion | China is getting away with cultural genocide in Tibet

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...

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