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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
