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MPs urge Canada to sanction officials responsible for Chinese-run residential schools in Tibet
June 20, 2023June 20, 2023
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MPs urge Canada to sanction officials responsible for Chinese-run residential schools in Tibet

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Original article: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-mps-urge-canada-to-sanction-officials-responsible-for-chinese-run/ A parliamentary committee is calling on Ottawa to sanction officials responsible for China-run residential boarding schools in Tibet and to issue a statement calling for an end to the system, which it says mirrors Canada’s historical treatment of Indigenous children. Nine-hundred-thousand Tibetan children in China have been separated from families and forcibly required to...

UN Rights Experts Call China to Account over Residential Schools and Assimilation Policies in Tibet
January 10, 2023January 10, 2023
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UN Rights Experts Call China to Account over Residential Schools and Assimilation Policies in Tibet

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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]...

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

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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...

Boarding Schools for Tibet’s Nearly 1 Million Children Erasing Native Language, Culture: NGO Report
December 9, 2021January 21, 2022
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Boarding Schools for Tibet’s Nearly 1 Million Children Erasing Native Language, Culture: NGO Report

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Original Article: https://www.visiontimes.com/2021/12/09/boarding-schools-for-tibets-nearly-1-million-children-erasing-native-language-culture-ngo-report.html A report released by the The Tibet Action Institute (TAI) on Dec. 7 describes how children in Tibet as young as four have been forced into attending a vast boarding school system created by the Chinese regime. Students in these schools receive a “politicized” education, mainly in Chinese, and are unable to practice Tibetan...

China’s boarding schools strip Tibetan children of language: study
December 9, 2021January 21, 2022
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China’s boarding schools strip Tibetan children of language: study

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Original Article: https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/China-s-boarding-schools-strip-Tibetan-children-of-language-study HONG KONG — Chinese government policies are forcing three out of four Tibetan children into state-run boarding schools, separating them from their families and threatening to erase their mother tongue, cultural identity and traditions, according to a new investigative report. The report by Tibet Action Institute, a campaign group based in the U.S.,...

The Straw Man of Tibet-Xinjiang Equivalence: A Response
June 3, 2021August 2, 2021
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The Straw Man of Tibet-Xinjiang Equivalence: A Response

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Original article: https://www.cfr.org/blog/straw-man-tibet-xinjiang-equivalence-response?utm_medium=social_share&utm_source=fb&fbclid=IwAR1wvQ-ZZzwJuFnq61ASQoCtP4sfRSjp5xf-t8AJPWxp-GDaoPbzNUshvEE Tenzin Dorjee is a Senior Researcher and Strategist at the Tibet Action Institute and a PhD candidate at Columbia University. In a post published on the Council on Foreign Relations’ Asia Unbound blog on March 29, Tibetologist Robert Barnett admonishes what he sees as the blurring of lines between advocacy and scholarship in the discourse on...

Full-blown boycott pushed for 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing
May 17, 2021October 15, 2021
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Full-blown boycott pushed for 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing

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ESPN (Associated Press): https://www.espn.co.uk/olympics/story/_/id/31459936/full-blown-boycott-pushed-2022-winter-olympics-beijing Groups alleging human rights abuses against minorities in China are calling for a full-blown boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, a move likely to ratchet up pressure on the International Olympic Committee, athletes, sponsors and sports federations. A coalition representing Uyghurs, Tibetans, residents of Hong Kong and others issued a...

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