6 March 2023 [Geneva] On 6 March, the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) [1] strongly criticised...
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On February 10, 2023February 10, 2023
UN experts warn a million Tibetan children face ‘forced assimilation’ in Chinese residential schools
Original Article: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-tibetan-children-residential-schools/ When China annexed Tibet in the 1950s, it promised that the “religious beliefs, customs and habits of the...
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China: UN experts alarmed by separation of 1 million Tibetan children from families and forced assimilation at residential schools
Original link: https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2023/02/china-un-experts-alarmed-separation-1-million-tibetan-children-families-and GENEVA (6 February 2023) – Around a million children of the Tibetan minority were being affected by...
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UN Rights Experts Call China to Account over Residential Schools and Assimilation Policies in Tibet
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 10 January 2023 78% of Tibetan students aged 6 to 18 separated from their families and forced...
On December 12, 2022December 13, 2022
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...
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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...