Tag: UNITED NATIONS

UN Human Rights Chief Speaks on Tibet but Falls Short in Condemning Colonial Boarding School System
March 3, 2025March 4, 2025
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UN Human Rights Chief Speaks on Tibet but Falls Short in Condemning Colonial Boarding School System

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For Immediate ReleaseMarch 3, 2025 [Geneva] Tibetan activists and supporters welcome the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk’s, acknowledgement of the worsening human rights situation in Tibet in his global update at the Human Rights Council today. For the first time since he became the highest-ranking human rights official, Türk expressed concern over “education...

UN Rights Experts Call China to Account over Residential Schools and Assimilation Policies in Tibet
January 10, 2023September 10, 2024
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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]...

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