Tag Archives: Human Rights

• 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. ...

• China says its Panchen Lama made first trip outside country in May 11 June 2019 This post has 2 comments

  A youth appointed by China as the second-highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism but reviled as a fake by many Tibetans made his first trip outside the country last month. ...

• Beyond Beijing: 1989 in Changsha 6 June 2019 This post has no comments yet

  Thirty years ago, the CCP’s army massacred peaceful demonstrators on Tian’anmen square, putting an end to a nationwide protest movement. Andréa Worden remembers 1989 in Changsha and Beijing. ...

• On 30th anniversary, China says Tiananmen crackdown was ‘correct’ policy 2 June 2019 | Elizabeth Law This post has one comment

  China on Sunday defended the bloody Tiananmen crackdown on student protesters in a public acknowledgement of the event, days before its 30th anniversary, saying it was the "correct" policy. ...

• Uyghur freedom fighter Rebiya Kadeer given Free Spirit Award 2018 20 May 2019 | Tibet Sun Newsroom This post has no comments yet

  Prominent Uyghur freedom fighter Rebiya Kadeer has been named the recipient of the Free Spirit Award 2018 during an event in McLeod Ganj. ...

• UN chief raised Uyghurs plight with Chinese authorities 1 May 2019 | Edith M Lederer This post has no comments yet

  Secretary-General Antonio Guterres raised the plight of an estimated 1 million Uyghurs incarcerated in re-education camps in China with Chinese authorities during a recent visit to Beijing. ...

• Julian Assange arrested in London after 7 years in Ecuador embassy 11 April 2019 | Guy Faulconbridge, Kate Holton and Costas Pitas This post has 3 comments

  WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested by British police and carried out of the Ecuadorean embassy on Thursday after his South American hosts abruptly revoked his seven-year asylum. ...

• Journalism is a service: Journalists must be allowed to function freely 30 March 2019 | Nava Thakuria This post has no comments yet

  Nair spoke about the hardships journalists in India today face, especially if they are investigative journalists. He said India ranked low on the Press Freedom Index. ...

• US Tibet Act interferes with China’s internal affairs 27 March 2019 This post has no comments yet

  China's Foreign Ministry slammed the US Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act (RATA), saying it "has severely violated the basic codes of international relations and is a violent interference. ...

• China denounces US Tibet report as ‘full of prejudice’ This post has one comment

  Beijing on Tuesday denounced a US report accusing the Chinese government of impeding access to Tibet as "full of prejudice" and warned that continued interference in the Himalayan region. ...