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Tibetans Forced to Show ‘Loyalty’ in Run-up to China’s National Day
Radio Free Asia, 26 September 2019, Read the original article here. Chinese authorities have tightened controls in Tibet ahead of Oct. 1 celebrations of China’s National Day, hoisting Chinese flags on monastery roofs and forcing monks to sing songs praising … Continued The post Tibetans Forced to Show ‘Loyalty’ in read more →
TikTok censors references to Tiananmen and Tibet
BBC, 25 September 2019, Read the original article here. Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok censors material that is politically sensitive to the Chinese government, the Guardian newspaper has claimed. It said it had viewed the site’s moderation guidelines. Tiananmen Square protests, Tibetan … Continued The post TikTok censors references to Tiananmen and read more →
Sangay hails Bill on Tibet policy in US House
TNS, The Tribune, 27 September 2019, Read the original article here. President of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) Sikyong Lobsang Sangay has thanked the US Senators for bringing in the Tibet Policy and Support Act of 2019. Addressing a press … Continued The post Sangay hails Bill on Tibet policy read more →
Marco Rubio Champions Tibet Against China
By Kevin Derby, SUNSHINE STATE NEWS, 26 September 2019, Read the original article here. This week, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., introduced a proposal to help Tibet against China. Rubio, who sits on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced … Continued The post Marco Rubio Champions Tibet Against China read more →
US Congress threatens actions against Chinese officials interfering with selection of new Dalai Lama
By Dipanjan Roy Chaudhury, ET Bureau, Sep 24, 2019, Read original news here. NEW DELHI: In a bipartisan support for Tibet, a new bill introduced in US Congress has threatened sanctions against Chinese officials interfering with the selection of a … Continued The post US Congress threatens actions against Chinese read more →
Beijing vows to retaliate after US’ Hong Kong human rights bill is approved by congressional committees
By Catherine Wong, South China Morning Post, 26 September 2019, Read the original article here. Foreign ministry spokesman says the bill is a malicious attempt to contain China’s rise Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act progressed through Senate and … Continued The post Beijing vows to retaliate after US’ read more →
US bill on Hong Kong democracy, which has angered China, gets approval in House and Senate committees
By Robert Delaney, South China Morning Post, 26 September 2019 Read the original article here. The Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act clears House and Senate committees, with floor votes to come Legislation mandates sanctions against Chinese officials deemed … Continued The post US bill on Hong Kong democracy, read more →
Leaders should pay more attention to environment: Dalai Lama
ANI, The Times of India, 26 September 2019, Read the original article here. New Delhi: Tibetan leader in exile, Dalai Lama here on Wednesday said that everybody including leaders should pay more attention towards the environment and emphasize on planting … Continued The post Leaders should pay more attention to read more →
Missing Link: Tibetan Groups Targeted with 1-Click Mobile Exploits
By Bill Marczak, Adam Hulcoop, Etienne Maynier, Bahr Abdul Razzak, Masashi Crete-Nishihata, John Scott-Railton, and Ron Deibert, September 24, 2019, The Citizen Lab, Read original article here. Key Findings Between November 2018 and May 2019, senior members of Tibetan groups received malicious links in individually tailored WhatsApp text … Continued The post Missing Link: Tibetan Groups Targeted with read more →
Kokila to Publish the Dalai Lama’s First Picture Book
By Emma Wenner, Publishersweekly.com, 24 September 2019, Read the original article here. Penguin Young Readers’ Kokila imprint, which launched last year, is publishing the 14th Dalai Lama’s first picture book, The Seed of Compassion. Slated for publication on March 24, 2020, the book … Continued The post Kokila to Publish the Dalai Lama’s read more →
The iPhones and Android phones of Tibetan activists were targeted by hackers pretending to work for Amnesty International
By Aaron Holmes, Business Insider, 24 September 2019, Read the original article here. Hackers targeted Tibetan leaders in an attempt to monitor their devices with spyware throughout the past two years, according to a new report. The spyware targeted IOS … Continued The post The iPhones and Android phones of read more →
China: Harassment of human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong must stop, say UN experts
By OHCHR, YubaNet.com, 24 September 2019, Read the original article here. GENEVA– UN human rights experts* have called upon China to immediately end harassment and surveillance of prominent human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong. Mr. Jiang was initially forcibly disappeared for … Continued The post China: Harassment of human rights lawyer read more →
China is killing religious and ethnic minorities and harvesting their organs, UN Human Rights Council told
By Adam Withnall, Independent, 25 September 2019, Read the original article here. The Chinese government is harvesting and selling organs from persecuted religious and ethnic minorities on an industrial scale, the UN Human Rights Council has been told. Speaking at the council’s headquarters … Continued The post China is killing religious and ethnic read more →
Bill sanctioning Chinese officials for selecting next Dalai Lama introduced in Senate and House
By International Campaign for Tibet, 24 September 2019, Read the original article here. A bill that will upgrade US support for Tibet and penalize Chinese officials for interfering in Tibetan religious practices to appoint the next Dalai Lama has now been introduced … Continued The post Bill sanctioning Chinese officials for selecting read more →
Chinese Rights Activist Detained After Supporting Hong Kong Protests
Radio Free Asia China, 23 September 2019, Read the original article here. Authorities in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan have criminally detained a prominent rights activist after he repeatedly showed public support for the anti-extradition protests in Hong Kong. Chen Yunfei … Continued The post Chinese Rights Activist Detained After Supporting read more →