Tag Archives: Human Rights

• Who is China, to appoint the next Dalai Lama? 16 July 2019 | NS Venkataraman This post has 2 comments

  Unfortunately, the world is keeping its eyes deliberately closed to China’s religious onslaught and aggressive approach in curbing the freedom of religions. ...

• More than 20 countries condemn China for mass detentions in East Turkistan 11 July 2019 | Stephanie Nebehay This post has 2 comments

  Nearly two dozen countries have called on China to halt its mass detention of ethnic Uyghurs in the Xinjiang region, the first such joint move on the issue at the UN Human Rights Council. ...

• Uyghur activist’s fight for East Turkistan 10 July 2019 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has no comments yet

  Every weekend Abdurehim Gheni is at the Dam Square in Amsterdam, bringing awareness to the human rights abuses of the Uyghurs in East Turkistan (Chinese: Xinjiang) by the Chinese government. ...

• Nepal bans Tibetans from celebrating Dalai Lama birthday 5 July 2019 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has no comments yet

  Nepal has banned the Tibetans living in the country from celebrating the birthday of their spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, to avoid offending the sentiments of their neighbour China. ...

• Chinese state media says ‘Western ideologues’ to blame for Hong Kong unrest 4 July 2019 | Andrew Galbraith and Anne Marie Roantree This post has no comments yet

  Chinese state media blamed meddling by Western governments on Thursday for unrest in Hong Kong amid an escalating diplomatic spat between China and the United Kingdom over protests. ...

• China forces tourists to install an app that steals data 3 July 2019 | David Reid This post has no comments yet

  Police in China are secretly installing spy apps on phones of visitors to the country that can extract emails, texts and address contacts, according to a cross-media investigation. ...

• Kiwi teen’s visa battle with China – over a game of football | Kirsty Wynn This post has no comments yet

  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. ...

• Let’s welcome an “attractive” Dalai Lama next 2 July 2019 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 14 comments

  Trolls need not show such tantrums towards someone who has given his life for the good of the whole world. ...

• US House Speaker Pelosi backs bill aimed at protecting Hong Kong rights 20 June 2019 | Richard Cowan This post has one comment

  US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi threw her influence behind bipartisan legislation to require the Trump administration to certify Beijing is maintaining its special treatment of Hong Kong. ...

• Will China mend its ways after Hong Kong protest? 16 June 2019 | NS Venkataraman This post has no comments yet

  Comparing the Hong Kong protest to the way it crushed the Tiananmen Square protest, one must not think that the Chinese government has become less ruthless or more human rights conscious. ...