Tag Archives: Human Rights
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Nepal needs to change its policy towards Tibetans: Gopal Krishna Siwakoti
13 December 2019 | Lobsang Wangyal
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Interview with Gopal Krishna Siwakoti, President of the International Institute for Human Rights, Environment, and Development, in Kathmandu, who has been working for the rights of all refugees, including Tibetans. ...
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TCHRD calls on UN member-states to defend human rights
10 December 2019 | Lobsang Wangyal
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The Tibetan rights group Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy called on the UN member-states to defend human rights by protecting civil society expression on world Human Rights Day. ...
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Tibetan dies in self-immolation protest in Amdo Ngawa
28 November 2019 | Tibet Sun Newsroom
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42 of 150 self-immolation protests in Tibet since 2009 have occurred in Ngawa. The protestors all called for China to allow the Dalai Lama back to Tibet, and for freedom in Tibet; some that Tibet regain its independence. ...
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Pen warriors can liberate Tibet from China’s vice-like grip | NS Venkataraman This post has no comments yet
Pen warriors launching an opinion campaign on Tibet's cause will truly be acting in the Buddhist tradition and way of life, in a peaceful, proactive manner. ...
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More secrets of China’s Xinjiang camps leaked to foreign media
25 November 2019 | John Ruwitch in Shanghai and Gabriel Crossley in Beijing
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Classified Chinese government documents made public by an international group of journalists describe the repressive inner workings of detention camps in Xinjiang, in a second rare leak in days of secret files. ...
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US Senate passes Hong Kong rights bill, angering China
20 November 2019
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The US Senate unanimously adopted legislation Tuesday supporting "human rights and democracy" in Hong Kong and threatening to revoke its special economic status, angering China which promptly summoned a US diplomat. ...
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What can Tibetans learn from Hong Kong? | Ugyen Gyalpo This post has one comment
We have shown solidarity towards others' cause marching hand in hand, but what about ours? How can we all sleep when we have dead countrymen and burnt bodies in the minds of our houses? ...
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China defends Xinjiang crackdown after massive document leak
18 November 2019
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China on Monday vowed it would "never be soft" in its crackdown in Xinjiang, after a massive leak of government documents shed new light on the mass detention of Muslims in the far-west region. ...
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Leaked Chinese government documents show details of Xinjiang clampdown
17 November 2019
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A trove of leaked Chinese government documents reveals details of its clampdown on Uighurs and other Muslims in the country’s western Xinjiang region under President Xi Jinping, the New York Times reported on Saturday. ...
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Will China face Hong Kong-type protest in Pakistan? | NS Venkataraman This post has no comments yet
In the coming decade, the real challenge for China’s totalitarian methods, expansionist plans, and aggressive postures will be in Pakistan. ...