Tag Archives: Human Rights

• US red cards China over Xinjiang, Tibet and repression in Hong Kong 26 July 2021 | Shishir Gupta This post has no comments yet

  US Deputy secretary of state Wendy Sherman and Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi talked past each other with US raising all the red flag issues with China. Sherman raised the issue of genocide in Xinjiang, human right abuse in Tibet. ...

• Indian activist Stan Swamy, jailed under terror law, dies 5 July 2021 | Krutika Pathi This post has no comments yet

  Father Stan Swamy, a jailed Jesuit priest and longtime Indian tribal rights activist, died Monday in the western Indian city of Mumbai. He was 84. His lawyer and doctor told the Bombay High Court that Swamy died of cardiac arrest. ...

• At Communist Party centenary, Xi says China won’t be bullied 2 July 2021 | Ken Moritsugu This post has one comment

  Chinese President Xi Jinping warned Thursday that anyone who tries to bully China “will face broken heads and bloodshed,” in a defiant speech hailing the country’s rise that elicited loud cheers from a carefully chosen crowd. ...

• Apple Daily editorial writer arrested at Hong Kong’s airport 28 June 2021 | Zen Soo This post has one comment

  An editorial writer of the now-defunct Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily was arrested at the airport on Sunday night while attempting to leave the city, local media reported. ...

• Pakistan PM Imran Khan refuses to acknowledge China’s repression of Uyghurs 22 June 2021 | Omer Farooq Khan This post has no comments yet

  Pakistan PM Imran Khan has defended his silence on reports about “genocide” of Uyghur Muslims in China by claiming that Islamabad discussed such matters with Beijing “behind closed doors”. ...

• NATO leaders declare China a global security challenge 14 June 2021 | Aamer Madhani, Jonathan Lemire and Lorne Cook This post has no comments yet

  NATO leaders targeted China in a strongly worded warning Monday, declaring the nation poses a constant security challenge, is trying to undermine world order and is working on nuclear missile development at a worrisome pace. ...

• Why do Western countries always play the ‘Tibet card’? 5 June 2021 This post has 6 comments

  Tibet, a beautiful, mysterious place, has been a target of Western countries to stir up trouble for China. For the past 70 years, they have been wearing rose-tinted lens when looking at this sacred land. ...

• China showcases Xinjiang’s economy to fight rights criticism 2 June 2021 This post has no comments yet

  China is showcasing economic development in its northwestern Xinjiang region to fight allegations of human rights abuses there. More than 1 million people have been held in a vast system of prison-like detention centres. ...

• A Chinese fraud called “17-Point Agreement” 22 May 2021 | Vijay Kranti This post has 8 comments

  The increasing belligerence of China, especially its opaqueness regarding the spread of the deadly Wuhan virus around the world, has the potential to be the battle of Waterloo for China’s communist leaders. ...

• Protest outside Chinese embassy in London to mark Panchen Lama’s disappearance 18 May 2021 This post has no comments yet

  A protest was held outside the Chinese embassy in London to observe the 26th anniversary of the enforced disappearance of Tibetan Buddhism's 11th Panchen Lama. The demonstration was organised by NGOs -- Tibetan Community UK and Free Tibet. ...