Tag Archives: Human Rights

• Seven-year-old immigrant girl dies after US Border Patrol arrest 13 December 2018 This post has 4 comments

  A 7-year-old girl who crossed the US-Mexico border with her father last week died after being taken into the custody of the US Border Patrol, federal immigration authorities confirmed. ...

• Communist China facilitating World Buddhist forum: Ironic and deceitful 2 December 2018 | NS Venkataraman This post has 2 comments

  It is not clear whether Buddhists around the world have protested adequately against this act of the Chinese government in facilitating the Buddhist forum meeting in China. ...

• Obituary: Lodi Gyari — An extra ordinary Tibetan 19 November 2018 | Vijay Kranti This post has one comment

  There have been very few career diplomats with as clear an understanding of Capitol Hill or as much personal access as Lodi commanded as an individual 'representative' of 'no government'. ...

• Celebrating National Press Day in India 15 November 2018 | Nava Thakuria This post has no comments yet

  As we celebrate National Press Day, we pay tribute to the Press Council of India, as it continues to symbolize a free and responsible press in the largest democracy of the world. ...

• Tibetan youth dies in self-immolation protest in Amdo Ngawa 9 November 2018 | Tibet Sun Newsroom This post has one comment

  Exile Tibetans Losang Yeshe and Kanyag Tsering from Kirti monastery in McLeod Ganj, who have contacts in Ngawa, said that Dopo, a 23-year-old, youth died in the fiery protest on 4 November. ...

• Uyghurs, Tibetans jointly hold anti-China protest rally outside UN 6 November 2018 This post has one comment

  A large number of exiled Uyghurs and Tibetans living in Europe on Tuesday carried out a massive anti-China protest rally here. They shouted slogans and labelled China a "terrorist nation". ...

• Trump says Saudi journalist likely dead, warns of ‘severe’ response 19 October 2018 | Sebastian Smith This post has 2 comments

  President Donald Trump said Thursday he now believes journalist Jamal Khashoggi is dead and warned of "very severe" consequences should Saudi Arabia be proven responsible. ...

• India looks to tighten sexual harassment laws: government officials 18 October 2018 | Manoj Kumar This post has no comments yet

  India is considering tightening sexual harassment laws, government officials said on Thursday, after an avalanche of complaints of abuse lodged by women in recent weeks exposed the issue. ...

• US Congress unanimously passes Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act 26 September 2018 This post has 15 comments

  The US Congress has passed a crucial bipartisan bill that seeks to impose a visa ban on Chinese officials who deny American citizens, government officials and journalists access to Tibet. ...

• Own up to mass Muslim detentions, Amnesty tells China 24 September 2018 This post has 2 comments

  China must come clean about the fate of an estimated one million minority Muslims swept up in a "massive crackdown" in its far western region of Xinjiang, Amnesty International said Monday. ...