China: Ban on Tibet Religious Activity Toughened
September 12, 2019Human Rights Watch, 11 September 2019, Read the original article here. Scrap Limits on Former Officials’ Freedom of Religion (New York) – A Chinese Communist Party notice banning retired Tibetan government employees from taking part in religious activities violates China’s commitment to religious freedom, … Continued The post China: Ban on Tibet Religious Activity read more →
Miami Dade College is shutting down its Confucius Institute
September 11, 2019By ANDREW ATTERBURY, Politico.com, 09/06/2019 Read original article here TALLAHASSEE — Miami Dade College on Thursday terminated its contract with the Confucius Institute, effectively shuttering the last of four branches the organization, affiliated with the Chinese government, operated in the Sunshine State. The move, … Continued The post Miami Dade College is shutting down read more →
Kashmir: China may pose bigger challenge than Pakistan
September 11, 2019Prabhash K Dutta, India Today. Read the article here. China is already occupying 20 per cent of land belonging to Jammu and Kashmir. While Pakistan has failed to find support over Kashmir move, China, on the other hand, may hold … Continued The post Kashmir: China may pose bigger challenge read more →
‘We can’t do anything’: China accused of muffling voices of Hong Kong supporters
September 11, 2019Lily Kuo, The Guardian. Read the article here. Advocacy groups say activists in mainland China are being threatened or detained for posting messages of support or retweeting news stories. Chen Siming, a 58-year-old Chinese activist, has followed the protests in Hong … Continued The post ‘We can’t do anything’: China accused read more →
China readies for next Dalai Lama. Why India should be worried
September 10, 2019Claude Arpi, DailyO. Read the article here. On August 18, a video addressed to members of the Minnesota Tibetan Association, which received wide circulation on social media, brought joy to the Dalai Lama’s followers — the Nobel laureate said that … Continued The post China readies for next Dalai Lama. read more →
Nepal Deports 6 Tibetan Asylum Seekers to China
September 10, 2019By Kunsang Tenzin, Radio Free Asia, 9 September 2019, Read the original article here. Nepal deported six Tibetans who had crossed into the Himalayan country to seek asylum, handing them over to Chinese police shortly after they crossed the border … Continued The post Nepal Deports 6 Tibetan Asylum Seekers read more →
Tibetans want Aussie law to get access
September 10, 2019AAP, 7News, 9 September 2019,Read the original article here. Before China was putting Uighur Muslims into “re-education centres”, it was occupying Tibet and banning foreigners from visiting the mountainous region. The Australian Tibetan community wants to remind the world of … Continued The post Tibetans want Aussie law to get read more →
Peaceful talks needed in Hong Kong: Dalai Lama
September 9, 2019By Staff Writer, Taipei Times, 8 September 2019, Read the original article here ‘I FEEL A LITTLE WORRIED’:The Dalai Lama praised the democracy, freedoms and religious knowledge in Taiwan, saying such assets are the way to defeat totalitarianism Tibetan spiritual … Continued The post Peaceful talks needed in Hong Kong: read more →
Caught between human rights and trade, Angela Merkel lands in China
September 7, 2019By Ben Westcott, CNN, 6 September 2019, Read the original article here. Hong Kong (CNN)Angela Merkel was welcomed by Premier Li Keqiang in Beijing on Friday amid calls for the German Chancellor to take a stronger line on China’s human rights … Continued The post Caught between human rights and trade, read more →
Inside China’s Crackdown On Human Rights Advocates
September 7, 2019By Emily Feng, National Public Radio, 6 September 2019, Read the original article here. Cheng Hao is struggling to understand why his younger brother was arrested. The 50-year-old retiree and occasional deliveryman says he was living a quiet, unremarkable existence … Continued The post Inside China’s Crackdown On Human Rights read more →