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Tibetan President-In-Exile Urges UN Official to Visit Tibet
The Associated Press. March 10, 2020. Read the original news here. DHARAMSALA, India — Tibetan President-in-exile Lobsang Sangay urged the United Nations human rights chief on Tuesday to visit Tibet to examine rights violations and press for unrestricted access to the … Continued The post Tibetan President-In-Exile Urges UN Official to read more →
Tibetan Uprising Day brings Congressional statements, protests
International Campaign for Tibet| 10 MarCH 2020| Read Original Article Here US and Tibetan leaders called for further action to support Tibetans as Tibetan Americans and Tibet supporters paid a visit to the Chinese Embassy to honor the brave Tibetans … Continued The post Tibetan Uprising Day brings Congressional statements, read more →
China, US emerging as adversaries over Tibet
www.tribuneindia.com | 10 March 2020 | Read Original News Here Threatening to upset China’s plans is the Tibet Policy and Support Act passed by the US House of Representatives on January 28, amending the Act of 2002. The Act is … Continued The post China, US emerging as adversaries over read more →
China Calls Tibet’s Stability Into Question With ‘Show of Force’ in Lhasa
rfa.org | 9 March 2020 | Read Original News Here A military drill held on March 6 in Tibet’s regional capital Lhasa to demonstrate China’s control of the formerly independent country has instead revealed Beijing’s anxieties over the stability of … Continued The post China Calls Tibet’s Stability Into Question read more →
Tibetans in Nepal Urged Not to Observe March 10 Uprising Anniversary
Reported by Lobsang Chopel for RFA’s Tibetan Service. Translated by Dorjee Damdul. Written in English by Richard Finney. Read the original article here. The Tibetan Welfare Office in Nepal is urging Tibetan residents of the Himalayan country not to observe … Continued The post Tibetans in Nepal Urged Not to read more →
China: Tibetan Children Denied Mother-Tongue Classes
Human Rights Watch. Read the original article here. ‘Bilingual’ Policy Threatens Tibetan-Medium Education (London) – China’s “bilingual education” policy has accelerated the demise of Tibetan-medium instruction in primary schools in Tibetan areas, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The … Continued The post China: Tibetan Children Denied Mother-Tongue Classes read more →
State Dept. should implement Tibet reciprocity after capping Chinese state media journalists in US: ICT
By International Campaign for Tibet. March 5, 2020. Read the original news here. The decision by the State Department to cap the number of Chinese citizens allowed to work in the United States for media controlled by the Chinese government … Continued The post State Dept. should implement Tibet reciprocity read more →
Tibetan Schools Delay Opening for New Term Amid Virus Fears
www.rfa.org| 3 March 2020 | Read Original News Here Schools in the Tibet Autonomous Region have postponed their opening for the spring semester due to fears of the spreading Wuhan coronavirus, with some students now stuck at home beginning … Continued The post Tibetan Schools Delay Opening for New read more →
Buddhist Deity Statue Replaced with a Giant Teapot
bitterwinter.org| 3 March 2020 | Read Original News Here Under the CCP’s rampant campaign to eradicate large outdoor Buddhist icons, the statue of Nanhai Guanyin (or Guanyin of the Southern Seas), the Goddess of Mercy in Chinese Buddhism, was supplanted with a large teapot … Continued The post Buddhist Deity Statue Replaced with a read more →
Op-Ed: Politicisation of water resources (Part-II)
Ikram Sehgal for The Daily Times. Raed the original article here. The global demand for freshwater resources has escalated dramatically over the last few years, especially in light of rapid population growth and widespread urbanization across the globe. Moreover, as the impacts … Continued The post Op-Ed: Politicisation of water resources (Part-II) read more →
Coronavirus Prompts Cancellation of Human Rights Events at UN
www.voanews.com | 3 March 2020| Read Original News Here GENEVA – The United Nations has canceled hundreds of human rights events because of coronavirus concerns in accord with the Swiss government’s decision to ban all public gatherings of more than … Continued The post Coronavirus Prompts Cancellation of Human Rights read more →
Why China’s Growing Military Might in Tibet Should Worry India
Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan for The Diplomat. Read the original article here. Last month, China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) engaged in a major military exercise in the Tibet region. The engagement showcased some of the latest weapons in the Chinese military … Continued The post Why China’s Growing Military Might in read more →
Warning: Hackers Stealing Information Using COVID-19; How To Avoid It
www.ibtimes.com|1 March 2020| Read Original News Here The recent COVID-19 outbreak is devastating as it steals lives, paralyzes operations, and creates mass fear. But, it seems that another danger not really related to the coronavirus outbreak is threatening our security. … Continued The post Warning: Hackers Stealing Information Using COVID-19; read more →
‘They feel like they can’t go home’
ChinaFile| February 21 2020| Read original article here In September 2014, while waiting for access to photograph Syrian refugee camps in Jordan, a Chinese photographer who calls himself “Ali” came upon a large group of students from his home country … Continued The post ‘They feel like they can’t go read more →
Czech Companies the Latest Target of Chinese Retaliation for Taiwan Ties
By Nick Aspinwall| The Diplomat| February 21 2020| Read original article here. The Chinese embassy in the Czech Republic threatened retaliation against Czech companies if its Senate chair went through with a planned visit to Taiwan, according to a letter viewed … Continued The post Czech Companies the Latest Target of read more →