How China’s Xi Jinping destroyed religion and made himself God
February 6, 2020Steve. W Mosheren for the New York Post. Read the article here. Catholic churches were torn down or denuded of their crosses and statues. Images of the Madonna and Child replaced with pictures of “People’s Leader” Xi Jinping. Signs posted outside … Continued The post How China’s Xi Jinping destroyed religion read more →
European countries weigh in on Tibetan Buddhists’ right to pick next Dalai Lama
February 6, 2020By International Campaign for Tibet, February 4, 2020, Read original report here. Belgium and the Netherlands have weighed in on the rights of the Tibetan Buddhists by declaring that it is up to the Tibetan religious community to select the future Dalai … Continued The post European countries weigh in on Tibetan read more →
Chinese Officials Can’t Help Lying About the Wuhan Virus
February 5, 2020Despite calls for transparency, repression is baked into the system. BY JAMES PALMER, 3 February 2020. Read original news here. Medical workers hold a strike near Queen Mary Hospital to demand the government shut the city’s border with China to reduce … Continued The post Chinese Officials Can’t Help Lying About read more →
Preventing climate change is a human rights issue
February 5, 2020Andrew Gilmour, The Print. 3 February 2020. Read the original article here. Every society in the world is going to pay a price for global warming. But it’s the poorest countries and communities who will suffer the most from rising seas … Continued The post Preventing climate change is a human read more →
China’s hold on N.Y. universities: SUNY must investigate, if not shut down, the Confucius Institutes
February 4, 2020TODD PITTINSKY for New York Daily News. Read the original article here. When left-leaning groups like the Association of University Professors, right-leaning outfits like the National Association of Scholars and a bipartisan U.S. Senate investigation worry about the same thing, something’s either really right — … Continued The post China’s hold on N.Y. universities: SUNY read more →
Nepal facing alarming Chinese pressure of late
February 1, 2020Gajendra Basnet, Khabarhub.com, January 21 2020, Read original news here. KATHMANDU: China seems to enhance its political, economic, and cultural influence in Nepal – overtly and covertly — through intimidation and pressure with an aim to consolidating its status of a … Continued The post Nepal facing alarming Chinese pressure of read more →
China: Respect Rights in Coronavirus Response
January 31, 2020Human Rights Watch. January 30, 2020. Read the original article here. (New York) – The Chinese government should ensure that human rights are protected while responding to the coronavirus outbreak, Human Rights Watch said today. As of January 29, 2020, confirmed cases … Continued The post China: Respect Rights in Coronavirus Response read more →
House passes Tibet human rights bill
January 31, 2020By Haley Byrd, CNN, 28 January 2020, Read original news here. (CNN)Lawmakers in the House approved a bill Tuesday afternoon to update the 2002 Tibetan Policy Act, the latest in a series of congressional moves to strengthen America’s stance towards China. … Continued The post House passes Tibet human rights bill read more →
U.S. House of Representatives Passes McGovern Bill to Hold China Accountable for Human Rights Abuses in Tibet
January 30, 2020mcgovern.house.gov, Read original report here. WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. House of Representative passed, by a vote of 392 to 22, a bipartisan bill introduced by Congressman James P. McGovern (D-MA), Chairman of the House Rules Committee and the Congressional-Executive Commission … Continued The post U.S. House of Representatives Passes McGovern read more →
McCaul: “The U.S. Will Not Accept CCP Destruction of Tibetan Buddhism”
January 30, 2020Foreign Affairs Committee, Read the original report here. Washington D.C. – Today, the House passed Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Lead Republican of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, spoke on the House Floor in support of the Tibetan Policy and Support Act. … Continued The post McCaul: “The U.S. Will Not Accept read more →