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Kiwi teen’s visa battle with China – over a game of football
A 14-year-old Kiwi-born footballer selected to play in the prestigious Gothia Cup in China has missed out because his father is Tibetan. Talented Northland teen Nyima Tsering-Young was picked to play in the upcoming tournament – widely referred to as … Continued The post Kiwi teen’s visa battle with China read more →
Thousands of Monks, Nuns ‘Politically Re-Educated’ After Eviction From Sichuan’s Yachen Gar
Thousands of monks and nuns forced out of the Yachen Gar Tibetan Buddhist Center in western China’s Sichuan province and back to their hometowns have been “rounded up” by authorities and sent for “political re-education,” according to Tibetan sources. In … Continued The post Thousands of Monks, Nuns ‘Politically Re-Educated’ read more →
Rising demand for Bharat Ratna to Dalai Lama
It’s been 60 years now since Tibetans inside and outside continue their struggle against the Communist regime of China for their legitimate rights over language, tradition, and culture. On March 10, 1959, thousands of Tibetans came to the streets protesting against the … Continued The post Rising demand for Bharat Ratna to read more →
Nepal Government Pushes Journalists to Avoid Critical Reporting on China, Tibet.
Government officials in Nepal are pushing journalists to avoid critical reporting on China, one of the nation’s largest investors as part of Beijing’s One Belt, One Road project, a Nepalese journalist told VOA. Anil Giri, foreign affairs correspondent for the Kathmandu … Continued The post Nepal Government Pushes Journalists to Avoid read more →
The G20 will really be about Donald Trump and Xi Jinping
Let’s be real, the G20 is, in fact, a G2: America and China. That isn’t to say other countries don’t matter — Germany and Japan are still big advanced economies, India is growing strongly. A middle power like Australia carries … Continued The post The G20 will really be about read more →
Human Rights Organization Calls on Congress to Investigate Genocide in China
By MAY HAWKINS, Read the original article here. WASHINGTON—A leading human rights organization is calling on Congress to investigate whether the forced organ harvesting practiced in China constitutes genocide. “The systematic, large-scale forced organ harvesting of prisoners of conscience in … Continued The post Human Rights Organization Calls on Congress read more →
Tibetan Monk Released From Drapchi Prison After Serving Full Term
A Tibetan monk jailed on suspicion of activities opposing China’s rule in Tibetan areas has been freed after serving his full term in prison, a Tibetan rights group said this week. Ngawang Gyaltsen, who was detained on Feb. 24, 2015, … Continued The post Tibetan Monk Released From Drapchi Prison read more →
Celebration for Exiled Tibetan Religious Figure Kept Low-Key to Avoid Chinese Clampdown
Singers and artists from across Tibet held a concert on Tuesday to celebrate the 34th birthday of the exiled Gyalwa Karmapa, but the event was kept brief and lightly attended to avoid a clampdown by Chinese authorities. The Karmapa, head of … Continued The post Celebration for Exiled Tibetan Religious Figure read more →
Hong Kong protesters urge world leaders to support them at G20 summit
(CNN)Hong Kong protesters are appealing for foreign support in their fight for political freedom, calling on world leaders to act ahead of the summit of the Group of 20 major economies in Osaka, Japan, this week. Hundreds of demonstrators rallied … Continued The post Hong Kong protesters urge world leaders read more →
Tibetans ordered to replace Dalai Lama portraits with Chinese party leaders or risk losing aid
Some families in Tibet are being forced to replace portraits of the Dalai Lamai with those of President Xi Jinping of China in order to continue receiving government aid, as authorities clamp down on efforts to assimilate minorities. Pictures and … Continued The post Tibetans ordered to replace Dalai Lama read more →
‘Save Hong Kong from China!’ Hong Kong Protesters Call for Foreign Backing in Their Struggle for Greater Freedom
By TIME STAFF, Read the original article here. Protesters in Hong Kong Wednesday directly solicited foreign backing for their push for greater political freedom, in a bold move that is certain to draw the ire of Beijing. Several hundred protesters … Continued The post ‘Save Hong Kong from China!’ Hong read more →
Xinjiang Vice Governor Paints Internment Camps as ‘Vocational Centers’ at UN Rights Council
The vice governor of northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) on Tuesday defended the government’s policy of incarcerating Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in internment camps, repeating for the United Nations Beijing’s claims that the camps are part of … Continued The post Xinjiang Vice Governor Paints Internment Camps read more →
Pomegranate Propaganda: A Chinese Government Official’s UN Speech
The vice governor of Xinjiang, a region in the northwest of China, made it through the first sentence of a 10-minute speech to the United Nations Human Rights Council today without misrepresenting any facts. He got a few other points right, too … Continued The post Pomegranate Propaganda: A Chinese Government Official’s read more →
China’s Hackers Accused Of ‘Mass-Scale Espionage’ Attack On Global Cellular Networks
By Zak Doffman, Read the original article here. An Israeli-U.S. cybersecurity firm released a new report on Monday evening, claiming that “nation-state” hackers had compromised the systems of at least ten cellular carriers around the world to steal metadata related to … Continued The post China’s Hackers Accused Of ‘Mass-Scale Espionage’ read more →
China is Forcibly Harvesting Organs from Religious Detainees
By Steve Williams, Read the original article here. China’s human rights abuses are well known, and now a new independent panel report lifts the lid on a horrifying fact: China is forcibly taking organs from its prison population, from which many … Continued The post China is Forcibly Harvesting Organs from read more →