FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 10 January 2023 78% of Tibetan students aged 6 to 18 separated from their families and forced into China’s colonial boarding school system in Tibet UN human rights experts have raised urgent concern about China’s residential [1] schools in Tibet, which are part of a “large scale campaign [by the Chinese authorities]...
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Dying in the Truth: A Closer Look at Self-immolations in Freedom Struggles
by Tenzin Dorjee and Amber French Self-immolation is an unthinkably costly and tragic method of last resort sometimes used by those striving for justice and freedom in asymmetric conflicts. The first person to perform this fiery protest as a modern political tactic is Thich Quang Duc, who sat in the lotus position at a busy intersection in Saigon...
230 Rights groups demand resignation of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Activists slam Michelle Bachelet’s six-day visit for whitewashing repression against Uyghurs, Tibetans, Southern Mongolians, Hong Kongers and others We, 230 Uyghur, Tibetan, Southern Mongolian, Hong Kong, and Chinese democracy and international human rights advocacy groups, call for the immediate resignation of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights after she whitewashed the Chinese government’s...
China hopes to clear up ‘misinformation’ with UN rights commissioner’s Xinjiang visit
JAMES GRIFFITHS ASIA CORRESPONDENT, HONG KONG PUBLISHED May 24, 2022 Original article: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-china-hopes-to-clear-up-misinformation-with-un-rights-commissioners/?fbclid=IwAR2ZRXxWEUrb6pESU79OxOb6k9GXcMDg9_sTdwrj8wz3HPG_itoGFY7M8OQ Meeting with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Guangzhou, China, on Monday, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi came prepared with a gift. After posing for photos alongside Michelle Bachelet, he presented the Chilean diplomat with a book of speeches...
UN Human Rights Council 49: UK Speak out on China’s Colonial Boarding School
On March 21, 2022, the UK Mission to the UN in Geneva delivered their Item 4 statement to the 49th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council and became the first country to speak out on China’s colonial boarding schools in Tibet. Ambassador Simon Manley, UK Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva, delivered...
‘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
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...